Plant establishment on unirrigated green roof modules in a subtropical climate

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dvorak, Bruce D ^a   Volder, Astrid ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Drought tolerant; Establishment; Extensive green roof; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888435942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/pls049     Document Type: Article

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