Fine-tuning of sewage sludge application to promote the establishment of Pinus halepensis seedlings

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1213-1221

  Fuentes, David ^a   Valdecantos, Alejandro ^a   Llovet, Joan ^a   Cortina, Jordi ^b   Vallejo, V Ramón ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compost; Drought; Mortality; Restoration; Salinity

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; COMPOST; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DRIED SEWAGE SLUDGE; DRY LAND; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; PLANT PERFORMANCE; PLANTATION SUCCESS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODY VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; COMPOSTING; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; RESTORATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

COMPOST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SURVIVAL;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 77955554382     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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