Biology and establishment of mountain shrubs on mining disturbances in the Rocky Mountains, USA

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 459-480

  Paschke, M W ^a   Redente, E F ^a   Brown, S L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Division of Minerals and Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

Mined land; Seeding; Shrubland restoration; Topsoil; Transplants; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; MINING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

LAND DEGRADATION;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

DISTURBANCE; MINING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

AMELANCHIER; AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CERCOCARPUS; CERCOCARPUS MONTANUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; PURSHIA; PURSHIA TRIDENTATA; SWIETENIA; SYMPHORICARPOS; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0142218444     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.568     Document Type: Article

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