Evaluation of a technical revegetation action performed on foredunes at Devesa de la Albufera, Valencia, Spain

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-247

  Escaray, F J ^a   Rosique, F J C ^b   Scambato, A A ^a   Bilenca, D ^c   Carrasco, P ^d   Matarredona, A V ^b   Ruiz, O A ^a   Menendez A B ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b Servicio Devesa Albufera Ayuntamiento de Valencia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e Departamento de Biodiversidad   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ammophila arenaria; Coverage; Cyperus capitatus; Devesa de la Albufera; Diversity; Elymus farctus; Foredune; Lotus creticus; Malcolmia littorea; Spain; Spontaneous succession; Technical revegetation

Indexed keywords

AESTHETIC VALUE; AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; PLANT COMMUNITIES; REFERENCE SITES; VALENCIA;

RESTORATION; REVEGETATION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DIVERSITY INDEX; DUNE; ESTHETICS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS CAPITATUS; ELYMUS; LOTUS CRETICUS; MALCOLMIA; THINOPYRUM JUNCEIFORME;

EID: 77953664035     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.970     Document Type: Article

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