8.13 Actions to benefit introduced vegetation
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Add fertilizer to soil (alongside planting/seeding) A replicated, controlled study in Iceland found that adding fertilizer and sowing seeds increased cover of shrubs and trees in a majority of cases. The same study showed an increase in vegetation cover in tw...
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Format: | Book Part |
Language: | English |
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Open Book Publishers
2021
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Online Access: | http://books.openedition.org/obp/18007 |
Summary: | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Add fertilizer to soil (alongside planting/seeding) A replicated, controlled study in Iceland found that adding fertilizer and sowing seeds increased cover of shrubs and trees in a majority of cases. The same study showed an increase in vegetation cover in two of three cases. One controlled study in the USA found that adding fertilizer increased the biomass of four-wing saltbush in a majority of cases. Assessment: unknown effectiveness (effectiveness 4. |
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