Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer regime affect jarrah forest restoration after bauxite mining in Western Australia

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 610-618

  Daws, Matthew I ^a   Standish, Rachel J ^b   Koch, John M ^a   Morald, Tim K ^b  

^a Alcoa of Australia Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Low fertility; Mine site restoration; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 84884351831     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12046     Document Type: Article

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