Plant trait analysis delivers an extensive list of potential green roof species for Mediterranean France

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-59

  Van Mechelen, Carmen ^a   Dutoit, Thierry ^b   Kattge, Jens ^c   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Green roofs; Mediterranean; Multi criteria screening tool; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ROOFS; VEGETATION;

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS; GREEN ROOF; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; PLANT TRAITS; SCREENING PROCEDURES; SCREENING TOOL;

GREEN MANUFACTURING;

DROUGHT; GREENSPACE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINSTORM; ROOF; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84899033417     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.043     Document Type: Article

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