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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Soil moisture and related edaphic properties of street-tree pits in urban Hong Kong

Ng, Yuk-yin, Judith., 吳鈺賢. January 1999 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Geography and Geology / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Nitrogen requirements of native tree species in degraded lands in Hong Kong.

January 2007 (has links)
Chan, Wing Shing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-222). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.iv / Acknowledgements --- p.vi / Table of contents --- p.viii / List of tables --- p.xii / List of figures --- p.xiv / List of plates --- p.xvi / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research background --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Conceptual framework --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Objectives of the study --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5 --- Significance of the study --- p.11 / Chapter 1.6 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review / Chapter 2.1 --- Land degradation: an overview --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2 --- Land degradation in Hong Kong --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3 --- Ecological rehabilitation --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4 --- Role of plantation in ecological rehabilitation --- p.22 / Chapter 2.5 --- Reforestation history in Hong Kong and species selection --- p.25 / Chapter 2.6 --- Nutrient requirements of native species --- p.31 / Chapter 2.7 --- The geology and soils of Hong Kong --- p.35 / Chapter 2.7.1 --- Geology --- p.35 / Chapter 2.7.2 --- Soils --- p.35 / Chapter 2.8 --- Greenhouse approach in nutrient requirement study --- p.37 / Chapter 2.9 --- Nitrogen mineralization --- p.38 / Chapter 2.10 --- Chlorophyll fluorescence --- p.40 / Chapter 2.11 --- Summary --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Inherent Characteristics and Properties of Decomposed Granite and Fire-affected Soil / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.42 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.42 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Sources of soil and sampling --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Soil pre-treatment --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3 --- Laboratory analysis --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Reaction pH and conductivity --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Texture --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Organic carbon --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Carbon: nitrogen ratio --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Total phosphorus (TP) --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- Exchangeable Al and H --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.8 --- "Exchangeable cations, base saturation percentage (BSP) and exchangeable Al percentage" --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4 --- Results and discussion --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Texture --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Reaction pH and conductivity --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- "Soil organic matter, total Kjeldhal nitrogen and total phosphorus" --- p.51 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Exchangeable cations --- p.52 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- DG as a representative soil of soil destruction sites --- p.54 / Chapter 3.4.6 --- FAS as a representative soil of vegetation disturbance sites --- p.56 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.58 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Nitrogen Fluxes of Decomposed Granite and Fire-affected Soil Amended with Urea / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.59 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Experimental design --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Soil incubation and sampling --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Analysis of mineral nitrogen (NH4-N and NO3-N) --- p.64 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Statistical analysis --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results and discussion --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Variation of NH4-N in DG and FAS --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Variation of N03-N in DG and FAS --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Variation of mineral N in DG and FAS --- p.74 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- NH4-N fluxes in DG and FAS --- p.78 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- NO3-N fluxes in DG and FAS --- p.80 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- Mineral N fluxes in DG and FAS --- p.82 / Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.86 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Growth Performance of Native Species in Decomposed Granite and Fire-affected Soil / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.91 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Experimental design --- p.91 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Nitrogen treatments --- p.94 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Post-planting care --- p.95 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- "Measurement of survival rate, height, basal diameter, aboveground biomass and foliar nitrogen" --- p.95 / Chapter 5.2.4.1 --- Survival rate --- p.96 / Chapter 5.2.4.2 --- Height and basal diameter --- p.96 / Chapter 5.2.4.3 --- Aboveground biomass --- p.96 / Chapter 5.2.4.4 --- Foliar sampling --- p.97 / Chapter 5.2.4.5 --- Determination of foliar nitrogen --- p.97 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Statistical analysis --- p.97 / Chapter 5.3 --- Results and discussion --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Survival rate --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Height growth of species in DG --- p.105 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Effect of nitrogen on species height growth in DG --- p.112 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Height growth of species in FAS --- p.117 / Chapter 5.3.5 --- Effect of nitrogen on species height growth in FAS --- p.118 / Chapter 5.3.6 --- Effect of DG and FAS on species height growth --- p.120 / Chapter 5.3.7 --- Basal diameter growth of species in DG --- p.122 / Chapter 5.3.8 --- Effect of N on basal diameter growth of species in DG --- p.124 / Chapter 5.3.9 --- Basal diameter growth of species in FAS --- p.126 / Chapter 5.3.10 --- Effect of N on basal diameter growth of species in FAS --- p.127 / Chapter 5.3.11 --- Effect of DG and FAS on species basal diameter growth --- p.127 / Chapter 5.3.12 --- Overall height and basal diameter growth of species in DG . --- p.129 / Chapter 5.3.13 --- Overall height and basal diameter growth of species in FAS --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3.14 --- Aboveground biomass of species in DG --- p.133 / Chapter 5.3.15 --- Effect of N on aboveground biomass of species in DG --- p.135 / Chapter 5.3.16 --- Aboveground biomass production in FAS --- p.138 / Chapter 5.3.17 --- Effect of N on aboveground biomass of species in FAS --- p.139 / Chapter 5.3.18 --- Effect of DG and FAS on aboveground biomass of species --- p.141 / Chapter 5.3.19 --- Foliar nitrogen --- p.143 / Chapter 5.3.19.1 --- Foliar N of species grown in DG --- p.143 / Chapter 5.3.19.2 --- Effect of N amendment on foliar N of species in DG --- p.147 / Chapter 5.3.19.3 --- Foliar N of species in FAS --- p.149 / Chapter 5.3.19.4 --- Effect of N amendment on foliar N of species in FAS --- p.151 / Chapter 5.3.19.5 --- Effect of DG and FAS on the foliar N of species --- p.152 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.155 / Chapter Chapter Six --- Photosynthetic Efficiency of Native Species / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.158 / Chapter 6.2 --- Materials and methods --- p.160 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence --- p.160 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Statistical analysis --- p.162 / Chapter 6.3 --- Results and discussion --- p.162 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Photosynthetic efficiency of species in DG --- p.162 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Photosynthetic efficiency of species in FAS --- p.170 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Effect of DG and FAS on photosynthetic efficiency of Species --- p.172 / Chapter 6.4 --- Summary --- p.175 / Chapter Chapter Seven --- Conclusions / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.178 / Chapter 7.2 --- Summary of major findings --- p.179 / Chapter 7.3 --- Implications of the study --- p.187 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Species selection for the rehabilitation of soil destruction sites --- p.187 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Species selection for the rehabilitation of vegetation disturbance sites --- p.191 / Chapter 7.3.3 --- Fertilization practice in different degraded lands --- p.193 / Chapter 7.3.4 --- The importance of soil test in ecological rehabilitation Planting --- p.195 / Chapter 7.4 --- Limitations of the study --- p.197 / Chapter 7.5 --- Suggestions for further study --- p.198 / References --- p.201 / Appendices --- p.223

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