The use of seedbed modifications and wood chips to accelerate restoration of well pad sites in western colorado, U.S.A.

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 524-531

  Eldridge, Joshua D ^a   Redente, Edward F ^a   Paschke, Mark ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological processes; Microcatchments; Native plants; Natural gas; Revegetation techniques; Soil amendments

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL GAS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SALINITY; SEEDING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL COVER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WOOD;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 84863544494     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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