Coexistence and Succession of Spontaneous and Planted Vegetation on Extensive Mediterranean Green Roofs: Impacts on Soil, Seed Banks, and Mesofauna

Coexistence and Succession of Spontaneous and Planted Vegetation on Extensive Mediterranean Green Roofs: Impacts on Soil, Seed Banks, and Mesofauna

Extensive green roofs are well known to improve the urban environment, but in the Mediterranean regions, dry climatic conditions pose the problem of their sustainability when no irrigation is applied. After planting or sowing in 2012, 18 local Mediterranean plant species on different types of exposu...

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Main Authors: Christel Vidaller, Anaïs Jouet, Carmen Van Mechelen, Tania De Almeida, Jérôme Cortet, Lucie Rivière, Grégory Mahy, Martin Hermy, Thierry Dutoit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
geophytes
grassland species
insolation
local species
plant cover
plant diversity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1726

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https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1726

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