Testing Germination of Species for Hydroseeding Degraded Mediterranean Areas

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 623-630

  Oliveira, Graça ^a   Nunes, Alice ^a   Clemente, Adelaide ^a,b   Correia, Otília ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

germination tests; Native versus non native species; Quarry restoration; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATIVE SPECIES; QUARRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SEED DORMANCY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84865861007     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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