Are soils in urban ecosystems compacted? A citywide analysis

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 771-774

  Edmondson, Jill L ^a   Davies, Zoe G ^a,b   McCormack, Sarah A ^a,c   Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Leake, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Greenspace; Land use change; Soil compaction; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GREENSPACE; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; RECHARGE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053909046     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0260     Document Type: Article

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