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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Soil restoration"”.
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Interactions with earthworm communities: a laboratory-based approach with potential applications for soil restoration
The role of earthworms in improving soil fertility and structure is widely recognised. As a result earthworms (often single species populations) have been deliberately introduced into pasture and arable land by man in attempts to improve plant production and into degraded land in order to bring …
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Rehabilitation of Severely Compacted Urban Soil to Improve Tree Establishment and Growth
… development restricts tree growth by damaging soil structure and removing organic matter. Mechanical loosening and organic amendment may improve soil physical properties and tree establishment and growth. Effects of typical post-construction practice and improved methods of soil restoration on …
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Bridging prairie restoration and regenerative agriculture with compost tea / the rocket incident: post-fire soil microbe recovery on the Eastern Washington University restoration site
… There is growing interest in the role of soil microorganisms in prairie ecosystems, which may be crucial for restoration of the plant community through interspecies interactions within the rhizosphere. One method for improving soil microorganism community composition is compost tea: …
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Changes in soil properties under experimental tree plots on the Isle of Rum
… known about the impact it has on the underlying soils. Experimental tree plots, containing species native to western Scotland, were established on the Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve during the 1960's. This thesis seeks to assess the effects of 35 years of birch (Betula spp.), oak (Quercus …
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An investigation of the biogeochemical exchange of the macro plant nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen on rewetted peat soil on the Somerset Levels and Moors.
… of phosphate, nitrate, and iron; and how restoration activities on a peat-based wetland impact these concentrations. Iron can bind to bioavailable phosphates which can also affect the bioavailable pool available for phosphate exchange between surface water and peat. This thesis fills the …
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Aðstoð við myndun lífrænnar jarðvegsskánar við endurheimt vistkerfa á Íslandi
Lífræn jarðvegsskán eða lífskurn (e. biocrust) er verið mikilvægur vistmeitill sem bætir virkni, stöðugleika og frjósemi jarðvegs og getur stuðlað að landnámi æðplantna. Hún getur því gengt mikilvægu hlutverki við baráttu gegn jarðvegseyðingu og endurheimt vistkerfa. Í þessari rannsókn var kannaður …