Rethinking species selection for restoration of arid shrublands

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 640-647

  Padilla, Francisco M ^a   Ortega, Rafael ^b   Sánchez, Joaquín ^b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Functional traits; Leafless shrubs; Legumes; Sapling survival

Indexed keywords

CORONILLA JUNCEA; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA FRAGILIS; GENISTA; OLEA EUROPAEA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; SALSOLA; SALSOLA OPPOSITIFOLIA; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA;

EID: 69949087356     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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