Soil characteristics of rehabilitating and unmined coastal dunes at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-110

  Van Aarde, R J ^a   Smit, A M ^a   Claassens, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE; ORGANIC MATERIAL; RADISH; REHABILITATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

SOUTH AFRICA, KWAZULU-NATAL, RICHARDS BAY;

EID: 0031664512     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100x.1998.06113.x     Document Type: Article

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