Tree root ecology in the Urban environment and implications for a sustainable rhizosphere

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 193-205

  Day, Susan D ^a   Wiseman, P Eric ^a   Dickinson, Sarah B ^a   Harris, J Roger ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy Metals; Road Salt; Root Periodicity; Soil Compaction; Soil Structure; Urban Hydrology; Urban Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT; SOIL STRUCTURE; TREE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 77958091435     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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