Influence of vegetation composition on runoff in two simulated green roof experiments

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-398

  Dunnett, Nigel ^a   Nagase, Ayako ^a   Booth, Rosemary ^a   Grime, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green roof; Rainfall; Runoff; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 55949098405     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0064-9     Document Type: Article

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