Early dynamics of plant communities on revegetated motorway slopes from southern Spain: Is hydroseeding always needed?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-307

  Matesanz, Silvia ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^a   Tena, David ^a   Costa Tenorio, Margarita ^b   Bote, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydroseeding; Motorway slopes; Plant cover; Restoration; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

POACEAE;

EID: 33646774641     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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