Restoration of ecosystem function in an abandoned sandpit: Plant and soil responses to paper de-inking sludge

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-253

  Fierro, Alejandro ^a   Angers, Denis A ^b   Beauchamp, Chantal J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agropyron elongatum; Carbon; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Reclamation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SAND; SLUDGE;

LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLUDGE;

CANADA;

AGROPYRON; THINOPYRUM ELONGATUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033051010     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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