Identifying plant traits: A key aspect for species selection in restoration of eroded roadsides in semiarid environments

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 444-451

  Bochet, E ^a   Garcia Fayos P ^a  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion productivity gradient; LDMC; Root traits; Seed mass; Seed mucilage; SLA

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; EROSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; ROADSIDES; SOIL CONSERVATION;

COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; LDMC; RESTORATION PROJECT; ROOT TRAITS; SEED MASS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SLA; SPECIES SELECTION;

SEED;

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ABUNDANCE; ASSEMBLY RULE; BIOTIC FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; MUCILAGE; POLICY MAKING; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; ROOT; SEED; SELECTION; SEMIARID REGION;

EID: 84938765738     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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