Applying lessons from ecological succession to the restoration of landslides

Plant and Soil

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-168

  Walker, Lawrence R ^a   Velázquez, Eduardo ^a   Shiels, Aaron B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive inhibition; Dispersal; Erosion; Facilitation; Primary succession; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FACILITATION; GROUND COVER; HETEROGENEITY; INHIBITION; LANDSLIDE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350576845     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9864-1     Document Type: Article

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