Addressing the need for soil blends and amendments for the highly modified urban landscape

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1113-1141

  Sloan, John J ^a   Ampim, Peter A Y ^b   Basta, Nicholas T ^c   Scott, Roger ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Advanced Microbial Solutions   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dep of Parks and Recreation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SETTING; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; DEGREE OF MODIFICATION; GREEN ROOF; INORGANIC MATERIALS; POPULATION GROWTH; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH NEEDS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL SCIENCE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SETTINGS; URBAN SOILS;

AGRONOMY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH; WATER RESOURCES;

SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; POPULATION GROWTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84865353676     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0224     Document Type: Article

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