Species traits as practical tools for ecological restoration of marly eroded lands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 633-640

  Burylo, Mélanie ^a   Dutoit, Thierry ^b   Rey, Freddy ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Burial; Ecosystem services; Plant traits; Sediment trapping; Soil erosion; Soil fixation; Uprooting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923772241     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12113     Document Type: Article

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