Performance of Vegetation in Reclaimed Slopes Affected by Soil Erosion

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Espigares, Tíscar ^a   Moreno De Las Heras, Mariano ^a   Nicolau, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constructed slopes; Mediterranean environment; Mining reclamation; Overland flow; Rill erosion; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONIZATION; EROSION RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OVERLAND FLOW; RECLAIMED LAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RILL; SEED PRODUCTION; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 78651231136     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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