An Investigation into the Effect of Soil and Vegetation on the Successful Creation of a Hay Meadow on a Clay-Capped Landfill

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Carrington, Lindsay P ^a   Diaz, Anita ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Grassland restoration; Land rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HAY; LANDFILL; MEADOW; ORGANIC MATTER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL;

ENGLAND; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM;

ELYMUS REPENS; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 78651241455     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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