Landscape Composition Influences the Restoration of Subtropical Coastal Dune Forest

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2011, Pages 111-120

  Grainger, Matthew J ^a   Van Aarde, Rudi J ^a   Wassenaar, Theo D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b African Wilderness Restoration   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Birds; Dune forest; Mining; Patch occupancy; Rehabilitation; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MINING; PATCH USE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

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EID: 78651285821     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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