Effects of soil type, rainfall, straw mulch, and fertilizer on semi-arid vegetation establishment, growth and diversity

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-77

  Fehmi, Jeffrey S ^a   Kong, Taryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Reclamation; Revegetation; Semi arid grasslands; Soil texture; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ARIZONA; BARE SOILS; GRAVELY SANDS; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; IRRIGATION LEVEL; LOAMY SAND; RAINFALL DATA; SANDY LOAMS; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL TYPES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIFIC SITES; STRAW MULCH; TACKIFIERS;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; LAND RECLAMATION; REVEGETATION; SAND; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

RAIN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BARE SOIL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION; LOAMY SAND; MULCHING; RAINFALL; REVEGETATION; SANDY LOAM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRAW;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860116940     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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