Forest soils adjacent to urban interstates: Soil physical and chemical properties, heavy metals, disturbance legacies, and relationships with woody vegetation

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-552

  Trammell, Tara L E ^a   Schneid, Brad P ^b   Carreiro, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbed soil profiles; Heavy metals; Interstate highways; Road ecology; Urban forests; Urban soils; Woody vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655181985     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0194-3     Document Type: Article

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