Managing rangelands: promoting native grass species: Stipa tenacissima: nurse species to initiate the process of ecosystem restoration
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Mounir Louhaichi, Mouldi Gamoun. (31/12/2017). Managing rangelands: promoting native grass species: Stipa tenacissima: nurse species to initiate the process of ecosystem restoration. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
Stipa tenacissima is a long-lived perennial grass
that dominates the Mediterranean Basin steppe,
covering more than 2.8 million ha and growing in
almost all geomorphological units. The plant
seems to prefer calcareous soils that are shallow
and permeable with a very sandy texture. It does
not adapt well to soils with gypsum, salt, clay, or
loam content. Besides this, it is distributed within
a wide range of bioclimates with great tolerance
to temperature variations. Its optimal bioclimatic
stages are arid superior and semi-arid lower.
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Louhaichi, Mounir https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4543-7631
Gamoun, Mouldi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-7674
Gamoun, Mouldi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-7674