Soil Nutrient Assessment for Urban Ecosystems in Hubei, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Li, Zhi guo ^a   Zhang, Guo shi ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Wan, Kai yuan ^a   Zhang, Run hua ^b   Chen, Fang ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALCIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BORON; CALCIUM; CHINA; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84884695621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075856     Document Type: Article

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