The effect of woodland growth on a containment landfill site in Hertfordshire, UK

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Hutchings, T R ^a   Sinnett, D ^a   Peace, A J ^a   Moffat, A J ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land reclamation; Mineral cap; Pollution control; Soil bulk density; Tree planting; Tree roots

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CONTAINMENT; LAND RECLAMATION; LANDFILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL COVER; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HERTFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ALNUS; BETULACEAE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 33750628287     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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