Waterproofing topsoil stockpiles minimizes viability decline in the soil seed bank in an arid environment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 495-501

  Golos, Peter J ^a,b   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b  

^a KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystem; Mine site; Restoration ecology; Seed bank persistence; Telfer; Triodia

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; MINING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TOPSOIL; WATERPROOFING;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT SANDY DESERT [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; TRIODIA; TRIODIA BASEDOWII;

EID: 84904130351     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12090     Document Type: Article

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