Factors controlling vegetation establishment and water erosion on motorway slopes in Valencia, Spain

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-174

  Bochet, Esther ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion; Motorway slopes; Restoration; Soil properties; Soil water availability; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

MOTORWAY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

VALENCIA;

EID: 3042546827     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.0325.x     Document Type: Article

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