Native Species for Roadslope Revegetation: Selection, Validation, and Cost Effectiveness

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 656-663

  Bochet, Esther ^a   Tormo, Jaume ^a   García Fayos, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Erosion; Hydroseeding; Restoration; Roadside; Semiarid; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EROSION; NATIVE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEEDING; SEMIARID REGION; SOWING;

SPAIN;

EID: 77956292193     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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