Establishment and growth of experimental grass species mixtures on coal mine sites reclaimed with municipal biosolids

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-578

  Halofsky, Jessica E ^a   McCormick, Larry H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Coal mine reclamation; Grass competition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OPEN PIT MINING; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

BIOSOLIDS; GRASS MIXES; GRASS SPECIES; SURFACE MINING CONTROL;

COAL MINES;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSOLID; COAL MINE; GRASS; LAND RECLAMATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MILLET; PLANT GROWTH; POA; RED CLOVER; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COAL MINING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LOTUS; POACEAE; SEWAGE; TREES; TRIFOLIUM; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MINING; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; POA COMPRESSA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 21244497405     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0094-x     Document Type: Article

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