Influence of a parking area on soils and vegetation in an urban nature reserve

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-120

  Shaw, Peter ^a   Reeve, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Holly Lodge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid grassland; Canine faeces; Collembola; Parking; Roadside; Soil eutrophication

Indexed keywords

COLLEMBOLA; CRYPTOPYGUS THERMOPHILUS; FOLSOMIA QUADRIOCULATA; LOLIUM;

EID: 38849128071     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-007-0044-5     Document Type: Article

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