Quarry rehabilitation: A case study

Advances in Ecological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2001, Pages 331-346

  Correia, O ^a   Clemente, A S ^a   Correia, A I ^a   Maguas C ^a   Carolino, M ^a   Afonso, A C ^a   Martins Loucao M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; EXTRACTION; LIMESTONE; QUARRYING; RESTORATION; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

BIOTIC FACTORS; QUARRY REHABILITATION; SOIL DEPLETION; SOIL QUALITY;

SOILS;

EID: 2942694237     PISSN: 13698273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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