Revegetation of a wetland following control of the invasive woody weed, Mimosa pigra, in the Northern Territory, Australia

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-198

  Paynter, Quentin ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fire; Floodplain; Integrated weed management; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WEED CONTROL; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

COLONA; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA COLONA; ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI; ECHINOCHLOA POLYSTACHYA; FABACEAE; HYMENACHNE; HYMENACHNE AMPLEXICAULIS; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PIGRA; PANICUM; POACEAE; POLYSTACHYA; UROCHLOA; UROCHLOA MUTICA;

EID: 9644273865     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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