The potential of some soil amendments to improve tree growth on metalliferous mine wastes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-217

  Whitbread Abrutat, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alder; Heavy metal contamination; Mine spoil; Reclamation; Sycamore trace elements

Indexed keywords

MINE WASTE; REVEGETATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; TREE GROWTH;

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ACERACEAE; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 0030875310     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004234602077     Document Type: Article

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