Performance of dryland and wetland plant species on extensive green roofs

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 671-679

  MacIvor, J Scott ^a,c   Ranalli, Melissa A ^b   Lundholm, Jeremy T ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nature Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Danthonia spicata; ecosystem function; Empetrum nigrum; Green roofs; Kalmia polifolia; Scirpus cespitosus; Sibbaldiopsis tridentata; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; WATER;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GERMINATION; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTERCEPTION; MONOCULTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMEDIATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STORMWATER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WETLANDS;

DANTHONIA SPICATA; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; KALMIA POLIFOLIA; SIBBALDIOPSIS TRIDENTATA; TRICHOPHORUM CESPITOSUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 79953232016     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr007     Document Type: Article

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