A review of the use of direct seeding and seedling plantings in restoration: What do we know and where should we go?

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 561-568

  Palma, Ana Cristina ^a,b   Laurance, Susan G W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Costs; Planting methods; Reforestation; Restoration; Seedlings; Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941188306     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12173     Document Type: Article

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