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The Relative Potentials of Six Grass Cultivars for Rehabilitation and Stabilization of a Limestone Quarry Spoil-bank

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

David J. Hambler ,
Jean M. Dixon  and
David E. Cotton
David J. Hambler
Affiliation:
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology, Senior Experimental Officer, and Lecturer in Physical Geography, respectively, Department of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England, UK.
Jean M. Dixon
Affiliation:
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology, Senior Experimental Officer, and Lecturer in Physical Geography, respectively, Department of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England, UK.
David E. Cotton
Affiliation:
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology, Senior Experimental Officer, and Lecturer in Physical Geography, respectively, Department of Environmental Science, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, England, UK.
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The relative potentials of six grass cultivars for reclamation of the north-facing 30° slope of a limestone quarry spoil-heap in Yorkshire, UK, were assessed.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , Summer 1990 , pp. 149 - 156
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1990

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