Ecotechnology as a tool for restoring degraded drylands: A meta-analysis of field experiments

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-144

  Piñeiro, Juan ^a   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Bartolomé, Lorenzo ^a   Valdecantos, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drylands; Ecotechnology; Hydrogels; Mycorrhization; Organic amendments; Restoration; Seedling growth; Seedling survival; Treeshelters

Indexed keywords

HYDROGELS; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION; SEED;

DRY LAND; ECO TECHNOLOGIES; MYCORRHIZATION; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; TREESHELTERS;

FORESTRY;

DESERTIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIELDWORK; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; GUIDELINE; HABITAT RESTORATION; INOCULATION; LAND DEGRADATION; META-ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHELTER; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SEEDLINGS;

FUNGI;

EID: 84886244934     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.066     Document Type: Article

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