Improved soil fertility from compost amendment increases root growth and reinforcement of surface soil on slopes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 458-465

  Donn, Suzanne ^a   Wheatley, Ron E ^a   McKenzie, Blair M ^a   Loades, Kenneth W ^a   Hallett, Paul D ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compost; Ecoengineering; Root reinforcement; Slope; Soil physics

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STABILITY; VEGETATION;

ECO-ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; ROOT REINFORCEMENT; SLOPE; SOIL PHYSICS; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; VEGETATION ESTABLISHMENTS; COMPOST AMENDMENTS; ROOT GROWTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SURFACE SOIL;

COMPOSTING;

COHESION; COMPOST; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; VEGETATION COVER; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STABILIZATION;

EID: 84906058254     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.066     Document Type: Article

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