Vertical growth and mycorrhizal infection of woody plant roots as potential limits to the restoration of woodlands on landfills

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 280-289

  Parsons, William F J ^a,b   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a   Handel, Steven N ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LANDFILL; MYCORRHIZA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT; WOODLAND;

EID: 0032447432     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1998.06310.x     Document Type: Article

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