An Application of Plant Functional Types for Predicting Restoration Outcomes

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 730-739

  Tozer, Mark G ^a   MacKenzie, Berin D E ^a   Simpson, Christopher C ^a  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Revegetation; Seed bank; Stockpiled soil; Topsoil translocation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEED BANK; SEED DORMANCY; TOPSOIL; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84869080514     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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