How can we control erosion of roadslopes in semiarid mediterranean areas? soil improvement and native plant establishment

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-121

  Bochet, E ^a   Garcia Fayos P ^a   Tormo, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Hydroseeding; Mediterranean environment; Plant colonisation; Soil compaction; Topsoil; Vegetation cover; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

COLONISATION; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL COMPACTION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

COMPACTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; RESTORATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SEED; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EROSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

SPAIN;

EID: 77953663960     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.911     Document Type: Article

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