Dominant plant species modulate responses to hydroseeding, irrigation and fertilization during the restoration of semiarid motorway slopes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1290-1298

  García Palacios, Pablo ^a,b   Soliveres, Santiago ^a,b   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a   Castillo Monroy, Andrea P ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dominant species; Fertilization; Grasslands; Hydroseeding; Irrigation; Plant composition; Roadside slopes; Semiarid; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SPAIN; COMMERCIAL SEEDS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANT SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM STABILITY; FAST-GROWING SPECIES; FIRST YEAR; GRASSLANDS; LONG TERM; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NON-NATIVE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT COMPOSITION; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT SPECIES; REFERENCE SITES; RESTORATION PROJECT; RESTORATION TECHNIQUES; SEMI-ARID REGION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STUDY SITES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CANALS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; ROADSIDES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

RESTORATION;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MOTORWAY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDING; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 77955554453     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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