Long-term vegetation recovery on reclaimed coal surface mines in the eastern USA

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 960-970

  Holl, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern hardwood forest; Herbaceous understorey; Mine reclamation; Restoration; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECLAIMED LAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS STROBUS; STROBUS;

EID: 0036899508     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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