A comparison of plant available nutrients on decomposed granite cut slopes and adjacent natural soils

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-46

  Claassen, V P ^a   Zasoski, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposed granite; Erosion control; Highway construction; Mycorrhizae; Native plants; Nitrogen; Revegetation; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; GRANITE; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; REVEGETATION; SOIL;

EID: 0031844236     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199801/02)9:1<35::AID-LDR273>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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