Determining the optimal sowing density for a mixture of native plants used to revegetate degraded ecosystems

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-390

  Burton, Carla M ^a,b   Burton, Philip J ^a,c   Hebda, Richard ^b,d   Turner, Nancy J ^b  

^a Symbios Research and Restoration   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cover production; Degraded soils; Ecological restoration; Fertilization; Seeding densities; Soil rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEEDING; SOWING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; CAREX FOENEA FOENEA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS; FESTUCA OCCIDENTALIS; GEUM; GEUM MACROPHYLLUM; LUPINUS POLYPHYLLUS;

EID: 33747365891     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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