Differential field response of two Mediterranean tree species to inputs of sewage sludge at the seedling stage

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1350-1359

  Valdecantos, Alejandro ^a   Cortina, Jordi ^b   Vallejo, V Ramón ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation pattern; Biosolids; Foliar isotopic composition; Pinus halepensis; Quercus ilex; Restoration; Vector diagnose

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; AS-SOILS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMMON FEATURES; EXTERNAL INPUT; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND DEGRADATION; LIQUID SLUDGE; MEDITERRANEAN TREES; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION; PINE SEEDLINGS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; QUERCUS ILEX; ROOTING DEPTHS; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; TOTAL NITROGEN; VECTOR ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CLIMATOLOGY; LIQUIDS; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; SEED; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOSOLID; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DESERTIFICATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIELDWORK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; ROOTING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SURVIVAL; VECTOR; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 79959957493     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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