Comparison of Pioneer and Native Woodland Species Growing on Top of an Engineered Landfill, Hong Kong: Restoration Programme

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 500-510

  Wong, Ming Hung ^a,b   Chan, Yuk Sing Gilbert ^c   Zhang, Chaosheng ^d   Ng, Charles Wang Wai ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Native Species; Pioneer Species; Revegetation; Sanitary Landfill; Scrubland; Woodland

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SEED; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

LANDFILL GAS MIGRATION; LEACHATE CONTAMINATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PIONEER SPECIES; RESTORATION PROJECT; SCRUBLAND; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT SPECIES;

LAND FILL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LANDFILL; NATIVE SPECIES; PIONEER SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; WOODLAND;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ACACIA; EQUIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84929428987     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2380     Document Type: Article

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