The use of branch piles to assist in the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes

This project was financially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Competitiveness (projects UNCROACH, CGL2011-30581-C02-01 and GRACCIE Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, CSD2007-00067). AC was supported by a Geronimo Forteza contract (FPA/2014/080), Conselleria d’Educacio, Cultura i Esport, Generalitat Valenciana).