Deforestation strongly affects soil seed banks in eucalypt forests: Generalisations in functional traits and implications for restoration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-107

  Meers, Trevor L ^a,c   Enright, Neal J ^b,d   Bell, Tina L ^a,e   Kasel, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GREENING AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abandoned farmland; Land use change; Natural regeneration; Plant traits; Plantation; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED FARMLAND; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATURAL REGENERATION; PLANT TRAITS; PLANTATION; SEED BANK;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEED; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BANK PROTECTION;

ABANDONED LAND; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAF AREA; MYCORRHIZA; PLANTATION; RUDERAL; SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SHRUB;

ARBUSCULAR; PINUS RADIATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 82255169344     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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