Ecological restoration in degraded drylands: The need to improve the seedling quality and site conditions in the field

Forest Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 85-158

  Chirino, E ^a   Vilagrosa, A ^a   Cortina, J ^b   Valdecantos, A ^a,c   Fuentes, D ^a   Trubat, R ^a   Luis, V C ^a   Puertolas J ^a   Bautista, S ^b   Baeza, M J ^a,b   Penuelas J L ^d   Vallejo, V R ^a,e  

^a Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (Foundation CEAM)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^d National Center for Forest Improvement El Serranillo   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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