Improving saltland revegetation through understanding the “recruitment niche”: potential lessons for ecological restoration in extreme environments

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages S91-S97

  Barrett Lennard, Edward G ^a,b   Norman, Hayley C ^b,c   Dixon, Kingsley ^b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

direct seeding; niche seeder; salinity; salt tolerance; saltbush; waterlogging

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HALOPHYTE; NICHE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; WATERLOGGING;

ATRIPLEX; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 84959504073     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12345     Document Type: Review

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