Comparison of Post-mining Rehabilitation with Reference Ecosystems in Monsoonal Eucalypt Woodlands, Northern Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 250-259

  Gould, Susan F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining; Chronosequence; Framework Species; Landscape functionality; Novel ecosystems; Plant functional characteristics; Vegetation composition and structure

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; BAUXITE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84857981701     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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