How Does Restoration of Native Canopy Affect Understory Vegetation Composition? Evidence from Riparian Communities of the Hunter Valley Australia

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 584-592

  Harris, Carla J ^a   Leishman, Michelle R ^a   Fryirs, Kirstie ^a   Kyle, Garreth ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hunter Valley; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Revegetation; Riparian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84865866036     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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