Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Comparative study of soil properties and vegetation at various open dump and non-dumpsites in the Bengaluru city of Karnataka, India Subject The topic of the resource ANOVA; dominant species; physicochemical characteristics; species diversity Description An account of the resource A comparative field studies on seven municipal dumpsites namely Agara 1 (12.917N, 77.639E), Agara 2 (12.922N, 77.639E), HSR depot (12.919N, 77.644E), Koraman-gala Church (12.934N, 77.626E), Koramanagla BDA (12.931N, 77.625E), Garvebhayipalya (12.897N, 77.638E) and Sanjay Gandhi hospital (12.891N, 77.601 E), and its adjoining non-dump sites were conducted to understand their soil characteristic features and the vegetation pattern. Soil characteristics were presented in terms of the physicochemical parameters and the vegetation patterns were presented in terms of the dominance using the ecological parameter Important Value Index (IVI). Soils at the dump sites showed higher mean electrical conductivity and pH values as compared to the non-dump sites. Though the mineral content showed higher mean value in the dump sites (except chloride), there is no significant variation in the higher total soluble solutes between dump and non-dump sites(P&gt;0.05) As per ANNOVA there was highly significant variation in the heavy metal content between dump and non dumpsites (P&lt;0.01).. With respect to vegetation analysis though 50 different species found across locations only 10 species viz Alternatheria sessile, Amaranthus spinose, Caesalpinia pulcherima, Ipomea acumilanata, Ipomea evolvulus, Parthenium hysterophorous Pisum sativum, Ricinis communis, Sida rombifolia and Solanum lycopersicum were found consistent across all locations irrespective of the seasons. Among these, A. sessile, R. communis and A. spinosa were found dominant based on the IVI values across seven locations which further can be studied for their potential for phyto remediating the land pollutants such as heavy metals. 2019, Applied and Natural Science Foundation. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph J.; Reddy J.; Sayantan D. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Applied and Natural Science, Vol-11, No. 1, pp. 76-87. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Applied and Natural Science Foundation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v11i1.1968" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v11i1.1968</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85132200942&amp;doi=10.31018%2Fjans.v11i1.1968&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=baf3b4317a96feeddf62a3842fb57e3f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85132200942&amp;doi=10.31018%2fjans.v11i1.1968&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=baf3b4317a96feeddf62a3842fb57e3f</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Bronze Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9749411 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Joseph J., Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641046, India; Reddy J., Department of Botany, St. Josephs Post Graduate Centre, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560027, India; Sayantan D., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India