Road slope revegetation in semiarid mediterranean environments. Part I: Seed dispersal and spontaneous colonization

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-96

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

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Environmental limitations; Floristic composition; Neighboring vegetation; Randomization test; Restoration; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; COLONIZATION; FLORA; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33947637161     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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