Using ecological attributes as criteria for the selection of plant species under three restoration scenarios

Austral Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 907-917

  Graff, Pamela ^a,b   Mcintyre, Sue ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

1000Minds; Conjoint analysis; Grassland; Grassy woodland; Plant functional trait

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909587745     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12156     Document Type: Article

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