Increasing soil water retention with native-sourced mulch improves seedling establishment in postmine Mediterranean sandy soils

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 617-626

  Benigno, Stephen M ^a,b,c   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b   Stevens, Jason C ^a,b  

^a King Park and Botanic Gardens   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Biodiversity Conservation Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banksia; Compaction; Drought; Ecophysiology; Root structure; Soil amendment; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DROUGHT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; MULCH; ROOT; SANDY SOIL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RETENTION;

BANKSIA; BANKSIA ATTENUATA; BANKSIA MENZIESII;

EID: 84883455291     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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