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Comparison of Post-mining Rehabilitation with Reference Ecosystems in Monsoonal Eucalypt Woodlands, Northern Australia

Date

Authors

Gould, Susan

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Rehabilitation of post-mining lands frequently aims to create "self-sustaining" systems. Where native vegetation is the designated post-mining land use, it is generally assumed that rehabilitation that is similar to local native ecosystems is more likely

Keywords

Keywords: abandoned mine; bauxite; chronosequence; comparative study; ecological stability; ecosystem approach; growth rate; land use change; plant community; restoration ecology; sustainable forestry; vegetation structure; woodland; Australia; Cape York Peninsula; Bauxite mining; Chronosequence; Framework Species; Landscape functionality; Novel ecosystems; Plant functional characteristics; Vegetation composition and structure

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/61982

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Restoration Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00757.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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