The ecological restoration of quarries: a case with application of organic amendment and irrigation;La restauración ecológica de canteras: un caso con aplicación de enmiendas orgánicas y riegos

Ecosistemas

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 119-132

  Jorba, M ^a   Vallejo, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Limestone; Plantation; Quarries; Revegetation; Seeding; Seedling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918813345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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