Using hydrogel and clay to improve the water status of seedlings for dryland restoration

Plant and Soil

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-110

  Chirino, Esteban ^a,b   Vilagrosa, Alberto ^a,b   Vallejo, V Ramón ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (Foundation CEAM)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Plant stock quality; Quercus suber; Substrate; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLAY SOIL; CULTIVATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEL; HABITAT RESTORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SUBSTRATE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STORAGE; WATER STRESS;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 79958765595     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0730-1     Document Type: Article

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