Integrating research and restoration: The establishment of a long-term woodland experiment in south-eastern Australia

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 633-648

  Manning, A D ^a   Wood, J T ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   McIntyre, S ^b   Shorthouse, D J ^a,d   Gordon, I J ^c   Lindenmayer, D B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Research and Monitoring   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Box gum grassy woodlands; Eucalyptus blakelyi; Eucalyptus melliodora; Evidence based conservation; Feral animal proof fence; Mulligans flat Goorooyarroo woodland experiment

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIODIVERSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT RESTORATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONOCOTYLEDON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BLAKELYI; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 81755162889     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2011.016     Document Type: Article

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