A review of fauna in mine rehabilitation in Australia: Current state and future directions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-72

  Cristescu, Romane H ^a,b   Frère, Céline ^b   Banks, Peter B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fauna; Mine; Recolonization; Rehabilitation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HETEROGENEITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; MINING; RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TOPSOIL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84859507623     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.003     Document Type: Review

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