Effects of Afforestation on Plant Diversity and Soil Quality in Semiarid SE Spain
Farmland afforestation has been promoted in recent decades and is one of the main strategies included in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to recover degraded areas. However, the impacts of afforestation on plant diversity and soil quality indicators are still not well-understood in semiarid en...
Main Authors: | Carmen Segura, María N. Jiménez, Emilia Fernández-Ondoño, Francisco B. Navarro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-12-01
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Series: | Forests |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/12/1730 |
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