Ecosystem development in roadside grasslands: Biotic control, plant-soil interactions, and dispersal limitations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2806-2821

  García Palacios, Pablo ^a,b   Bowker, Matthew A ^a,c   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Soliveres, Santiago ^a,b   Valladares, Fernando ^a,b   Papadopoulos, Jorge ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Biotic control; Ecosystem development; Mediterranean regions of Spain; Plant soil interactions; Restoration; Roadside grasslands; Secondary succession; Soil microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EROSION RATE; GRASSLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CRUST; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SOIL; SPAIN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; SOIL; SPAIN; TRANSPORTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 80053942906     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0204.1     Document Type: Article

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