The Current Status Of Different Age, Direct-Seeded Revegetation Sites In An Agricultural Landscape In The Burrumbeet Region, Victoria, Australia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-89

  Florentine, S K ^a   Graz, F P ^a,b   Ambrose, G ^a   O'brien, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Australia; Direct seeding; Post project appraisal; Restoration; Revegetation; Seedling; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DIRECT-SEEDING; POST-PROJECT APPRAISAL; SEEDLING; WEEDS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

RESTORATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING; WEED;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS OVATA; EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS;

EID: 84872662640     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1110     Document Type: Article

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