A global comparison of surface soil characteristics across five cities: A test of the urban ecosystem convergence hypothesis

Soil Science

Volumn 180, Issue 4-5, 2015, Pages 136-145

  Pouyat, Richard V ^a   Yesilonis, Ian D ^b   Dombos, Miklós ^c   Szlavecz, Katalin ^d   Setälä, Heikki ^e   Cilliers, Sarel ^f   Hornung, Erzsébet ^g   Kotze, D Johan ^e   Yarwood, Stephanie ^h  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic soils; Experimental network; Soil carbon; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RUDERAL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TYPE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BALTIMORE; BUDAPEST; FINLAND; HELSINKI; HUNGARY; LAHTI; MARYLAND; NORTH WEST PROVINCE; PAIJAT-HAME; POTCHEFSTROOM; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

POACEAE;

EID: 84952862093     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: 15389243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000125     Document Type: Article

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