Effects of topsoil treatments on afforestation in a dry Mediterranean climate (southern Spain)

Solid Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1479-1489

  Hueso González, Paloma ^a   Francisco Martínez Murillo, Juan ^a   Damian Ruiz Sinoga, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SAPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; TOPSOIL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

SPAIN;

OVIS ARIES; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84994016157     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-7-1479-2016     Document Type: Article

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