Can a mesotrophic grassland community be restored on a post-industrial sandy site with compost made from waste materials?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 500-510

  Tandy, Susan ^a   Wallace, Hilary L ^b   Jones, Davey L ^a   Nason, Mark A ^a   Williamson, Julie C ^a   Healey, John R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b School House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community composition; Compost; Habitat restoration; Nutrient cycling; Plant diversity; Reclamation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPOST; DOMINANCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; GRASSLAND; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION COVER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

POACEAE;

EID: 78751584719     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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