Native plant regeneration on abandoned desert farmland: Effects of irrigation, soil preparation, and amendments on seedling establishment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-348

  Banerjee, Monisha J ^a   Gerhart, Vanda J ^a   Glenn, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica nigra; Desert agriculture; Restoration; Revegetation; Salsola iberica; Schismus spp; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; IRRIGATION; PLANT; REGENERATION; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NIGRA; SALSOLA; SALSOLA TRAGUS; SCHISMUS;

EID: 33747330672     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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