A framework for identifying plant species to be used as 'ecological engineers' for fixing soil on unstable slopes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ghestem, Murielle ^a,f   Cao, Kunfang ^b,g   Ma, Wenzhang ^c   Rowe, Nick ^d   Leclerc, Raphaëlle ^d   Gadenne, Clément ^a   Stokes, Alexia ^e  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UMR AMAP   (France)

^f CETE SO DALETT   (France)

^g GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOTIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PLANT STEM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

SOIL;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905662466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095876     Document Type: Article

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