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Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Retama: A resilient, pioneer plant for rangeland rehabilitation and stable ecosystems

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Title Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Retama: A resilient, pioneer plant for rangeland rehabilitation and stable ecosystems
 
Creator Neffati, Mohamed
 
Contributor Louhaichi, Mounir
 
Subject agropastoral
pasture crops
 
Description Retama is noted as an important multi-purpose species in need of conservation. It is a drought-tolerant legume species native to the Mediterranean, which is beneficial for dune stabilization and rangeland rehabilitation. Retama can also establish itself on nutrient-poor to fertile well-drained soils, and plays a prominent role in rehabilitation efforts, acting as a pioneer plant in the ecological succession of barren lands. It can produce a ‘scrub layer’ with smaller plants - providing there is sufficient water – and has an ability to fixate nitrogen, helping to improve soil fertility and create microclimates for future plant establishment.
 
Date 2016-02-01T21:27:11Z
2016-02-01T21:27:11Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier http://www.icarda.org/sites/default/files/Retama-Shrub-Fact-Sheet_0.pdf
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Mohamed Neffati, Mounir Louhaichi. (15/10/2014). Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Retama: A resilient, pioneer plant for rangeland rehabilitation and stable ecosystems. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/3277
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)