Is restoring flora the same as restoring fauna? Lessons learned from koalas and mining rehabilitation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-431

  Cristescu, Romane H ^a,b   Rhodes, Jonathan ^b   Frére, Céline ^c   Banks, Peter B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Completion criteria; Fauna monitoring; Koala; Mining; Recolonization; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLORA; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARSUPIAL; MINING; RECLAIMED LAND; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 84875681332     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12046     Document Type: Article

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