Measuring the success of urban riparian revegetation projects using remnant vegetation as a reference community

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-209

  Hynes, Luke N ^a   McDonnell, Mark J ^a   Williams, Nicholas S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Merri Creek; Restoration; Revegetation; Riparian; Urban

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

RIPARIA;

EID: 9644302380     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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