Restoration of a limestone quarry: Effect of soil amendments on the establishment of native Mediterranean sclerophyllous shrubs

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-28

  Clemente, A S ^a   Werner, C ^b   Maguas C ^a   Cabral, M S ^a   Martins Loucao M A ^a   Correia, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evergreen sclerophylls; Fertilizer; Limestone quarries; Mycorrhiza; Polymer; Rehabilitation; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; QUARRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ARRABIDA NATURAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CERATONIA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; OLEA EUROPAEA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PISTACIA VERA; SILIQUA;

EID: 2142775486     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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