Biowaste effects on soil and native plants in a semiarid ecosystem

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 472-479

  Martinez F ^a   Cuevas, G ^a   Calvo, R ^a   Walter, I ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SOLID WASTES; VEGETATION; WATER;

SEMIARID ECOSYSTEM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; VEGETATION;

EID: 0242500911     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.4720     Document Type: Article

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