Human activities modify soil properties in urban parks: a case study of Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2538-2547

  Sarah, Pariente ^a   Zhevelev, Helena M ^a   Oz, Atar ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Human activity; Microenvironment; Soil properties; Urban park

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GREENSPACE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; ORGANIC MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROPERTY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV; TEL AVIV-JAFFA;

EID: 84971624278     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1458-6     Document Type: Article

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