Integrating rehabilitation, restoration and conservation for a sustainable jarrah forest future during climate disruption

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 175-185

  Wardell Johnson, Grant W ^a   Calver, Michael ^b   Burrows, Neil ^c   Di Virgilio, Giovanni ^a,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Science and Conservation Division Department of Parks and Wildlife   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LOGGING (TIMBER); MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROFILE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 84944898268     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: 22044604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC15026     Document Type: Review

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