Effects of soil water potential on germination of co-dominant Brigalow species: Implications for rehabilitation of water-limited ecosystems in the Brigalow Belt bioregion

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-42

  Arnold, Sven ^a   Kailichova, Yolana ^a   Knauer, Jürgen ^b   Ruthsatz, Alexander D ^c   Baumgartl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brigalow belt bioregion; Ecohydrology; Ecosystem reclamation; Ecosystem rehabilitation; Hydropedology; Seed germination; Soil water potential

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE;

BRIGALOW; ECO-HYDROLOGY; HYDROPEDOLOGY; SEED GERMINATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

SEED;

ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GERMINATION; LAND DEGRADATION; PEDOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; WATER STRESS;

AUSTRALIA; BRIGALOW BELT; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84901203253     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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