Ecology of urban lawns under three common management programs

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-195

  Cheng, Z ^a   Richmond, D S ^a,b   Salminen, S O ^a   Grewal, P S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lawn management program; Lawn quality; Soil nematode community; Soil nutrient pools

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; POACEAE;

EID: 43049182998     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0048-9     Document Type: Article

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