Restoration of rocky slopes based on planted gabions and use of drought-preconditioned woody species

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Beikircher, Barbara ^a   Florineth, Florin ^b   Mayr, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Gabion; Quarry; Survival rate; Vulnerability; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM SPECIES; CONIFER SPECIES; CRITICAL PARTS; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; EDAPHIC CONDITIONS; ENHANCED SURFACE; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT MATERIAL; ROCKFALLS; ROCKY SLOPES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER POTENTIAL; WOODY SPECIES;

AGRONOMY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; QUARRIES; RESTORATION; ROCK BURSTS; SOIL MOISTURE; STRESSES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

DROUGHT;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GABION; QUARRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROCKFALL; SHRUB; SLOPE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVORSHIP; VULNERABILITY; WATER STORAGE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; LANTANA; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM VULGARE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM LANTANA;

EID: 77049095129     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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