Does coarse woody debris density and volume influence the terrestrial vertebrate community in restored bauxite mines?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-150

  Craig, Michael D ^a,b   Grigg, Andrew H ^c   Hobbs, Richard J ^b   Hardy, Giles E St J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat pile; Lizard; Recolonisation; Reptile; Restoration; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893624761     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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