Roadfill revegetation in semiarid Mediterranean environments. Part II: Topsoiling, species selection, and hydroseeding
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| Subjects: | Embankment, Local species, Public works, Restoration, Roadfill, Seed bank, Soil amendment, |
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dig-cide-es-10261-606562019-10-01T12:58:10Z Roadfill revegetation in semiarid Mediterranean environments. Part II: Topsoiling, species selection, and hydroseeding Tormo, J. Bochet, E. García-Fayos, P. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España) Bancaja Embankment Local species Public works Restoration Roadfill Seed bank Soil amendment 6 páginas, 3 figuras, 3 tablas. Erosion is one of the main problems in roadfill restoration. Revegetation is widely used as a method to reduce erosion rates, and it is often carried out through hydroseeding. In semiarid Mediterranean conditions, this approach to revegetation often produces poor results due to climatic limitations. We evaluated whether (1) spreading topsoil and (2) hydroseeding with local rather than commercial species mixtures could improve the vegetative cover of roadfills. The study was carried out in 24 plots over a 20-month period. At the end of the study, vegetation cover was higher in topsoiled plots (38.8%) than in nontopsoiled plots (21.5%). Locally selected species produced higher vegetative cover (61.1%) than did standard commercial species (52.2%). After 20 months, the erosion index was not different among any treatment probably due to the low sensitivity of this variable. These results suggest that amendment of soils through the addition of topsoil is an important technique in roadfill revegetation in Mediterranean environments. Additionally, hydroseeding with local species will produce better vegetative cover on roadfills than does hydroseeding with available commercial species. We thank the Spanish "Plan Nacional I+D+I del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología"" (project REN2001-2313), ""Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas"" and "Fundación Bancaja" for their funding. We also thank José Antonio Bellido for his assistance in hydroseeding; the staff of the laboratories of the Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación for soil analyses; two anonymous referees for their considerable help in improving the article; and Cynthia Jones and Jenny Brown for language editing. Peer reviewed 2012-11-20T13:17:39Z 2012-11-20T13:17:39Z 2007-03 artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Restoration Ecology 15(1): 97-102 (2007) 1061-2971, http://hdl.handle.net/10261/60656 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00194.x 1526-100X http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006280 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00194.x none Wiley-Blackwell |
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Roadfill revegetation in semiarid Mediterranean environments. Part II: Topsoiling, species selection, and hydroseeding |
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Roadfill revegetation in semiarid Mediterranean environments. Part II: Topsoiling, species selection, and hydroseeding |
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Roadfill revegetation in semiarid Mediterranean environments. Part II: Topsoiling, species selection, and hydroseeding |
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