Influence of landfill factors on plants and soil fauna - An ecological perspective

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Chan, Y S G ^a   Chu, L M ^b   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Landfill gas; Landfill leachate; Litter animals; Soil arthropods; Soil microbial activity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE;

LANDFILL SITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REVEGETATION; SOIL FAUNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; INVERTEBRATE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL;

CHINA, HONG KONG;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030720326     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00082-1     Document Type: Article

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