The 'making of' the Mulligans Flat - Goorooyarroo experimental restoration project

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-125

  Shorthouse, David J ^a   Iglesias, Daniel ^b   Jeffress, Stuart ^b   Lane, Sharon ^c,d   Mills, Peter ^b   Woodbridge, Grant ^b   Mcintyre, Sue ^e   Manning, Adrian D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Territory and Municipal Services Directorate   (Australia)

^c Research Environment Sustainable Development Directorate   (Australia)

^d Department for Sustainability Environment Water Population and Communities   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; PARK MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS BLAKELYI; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA;

EID: 84861449101     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2012.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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