Semi-arid landscapes in the western Mediterranean have been used for millennia, resulting in large-scale transformations and widespread degradation. In some instances, these …
LR Walker, R del Moral - Applied Vegetation Science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Questions: How can studies of primary plant succession increase the effectiveness of restoration activities? Can restoration methods be improved to contribute to our …
Plant–plant interactions are largely influenced by both environmental stress and ontogeny. Despite the effects of each of these factors on the overall outcome of these interactions has …
J Hooke, P Sandercock - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2012 - Elsevier
A strategy for use of vegetation to control soil erosion has been developed that is spatially targeted at hotspots and flow pathways in the landscape. It is based on the premise that …
The spatial configuration of vascular vegetation has been linked to variations in land degradation and ecosystem functioning in drylands. However, most studies on spatial …
This paper is based on an integrated assessment of abandoned farmland in the Iberian Southeast, a representative area of rich-biodiversity landscapes subject to strong physical …
Efforts to restore semiarid wildlands in the western United States predominantly use fall seeding. Fall conditions are more amenable to seeding, and successfully over‐wintered …
Y Wang, C Chu, FT Maestre, G Wang - Acta Oecologica, 2008 - Elsevier
It has been recently shown that co-occurring species with different stress tolerance and ecological optima may show differential responses to the same neighbors in a given …