Increase in soil aggregate stability along a Mediterranean successional gradient in severely eroded gully bed ecosystems: combined effects of soil, root traits and plant community characteristics

Plant and Soil

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 121-137

  Erktan, Amandine ^a,b,c   Cécillon, Lauric ^a,b   Graf, Frank ^d   Roumet, Catherine ^e   Legout, Cédric ^b   Rey, Freddy ^a,b  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Plant communities; Plant diversity; Root trait; Soil aggregate stability; Succession

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GULLY EROSION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84955172095     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2647-6     Document Type: Article

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