Soil microtopographies shaped by plants and cattle facilitate seed bank formation on alpine ski trails

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-285

  Isselin Nondedeu, Francis ^a   Bédécarrats, Alain ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Hoof prints; Meadow restoration; Microtopography; Phytogenic mounds; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; VEGETATION;

MEADOW RESTORATION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PHYTOGENIC MOUNDS; SEED BANK;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DISPERSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CATTLE; GERMINATION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PLANT; RUNOFF; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SLOPE; SOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

BOS;

EID: 34247182699     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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