Revegetation of steep rocky slopes: Planting climbing vegetation species in artificially drilled holes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1079-1084

  Wang, Zhong Qiang ^a,b   Wu, Liang Huan ^a   Liu, Ting Ting ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned quarry; E. fortunei; Growth; H. helix; P. tricuspidata; Soil moisture content

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED QUARRY; E. FORTUNEI; GROWTH; H. HELIX; P. TRICUSPIDATA; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT;

AGRICULTURE; GROUNDWATER; PERMITTIVITY; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; QUARRIES; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

CLIMBING PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; MOISTURE CONTENT; QUARRY; REVEGETATION; SLIP RATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL;

EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS FORTUNEI; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; PARTHENOCISSUS TRICUSPIDATA;

EID: 65749093481     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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