Erosion control blankets, organic amendments and site variability influenced the initial plant community at a limestone quarry in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5243-5253

  Cohen Fernandez A C ^a   Naeth, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; GROWING SEASON; MANURE; NATIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUARRY; REVEGETATION; SEEDING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84881456504     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5243-2013     Document Type: Article

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