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| Tresch, Simon; Moretti, Marco; Le Bayon, Renée-Claire; Mäder, Paul; Zanetta, Andrea; Frey, David; Fliessbach, Andreas. |
| Gardens are hot spots for urban biodiversity and provide habitats for many plant and animal species, both above- and below-ground. Furthermore, gardens provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including carbon (C) storage and nutrient cycling. Although the soil is the foundation of sustainable gardens providing those ecosystem services, very little is known about the consequences of garden management on soil quality. Here we present a comprehensive assessment of urban garden soil quality, including biotic and abiotic site characteristics combined with land-use history and garden management information in a multivariate evaluation. A set of 44 soil quality indicators was measured at 170 sites of 85 gardens in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, comprising... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Soil quality Ornamentals; Flower bulbs and tree nurseries. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/33244/1/tresch-etal-2018-fenvs-06-00025.pdf |
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