Is seed availability enough to ensure colonization success? An experimental study in road embankments

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-230

  Tormo, Jaume ^a   Bochet, Esther ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspect; Colonization; Restoration; Road embankments; Seed availability; Semi arid; Sowing experiments

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EMBANKMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECLAMATION; RESTORATION;

ASPECTS; COLONIZATION; ROAD EMBANKMENTS; SEED AVAILABILITY; SEMI ARID; SOWING EXPERIMENTS;

SEED;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; EMBANKMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECLAMATION; RESTORATION; SEED;

COLONIZATION; EMBANKMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

BIOMASS; DAMS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

EID: 33644536714     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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