Establishment of a vegetation cover on tundra kimberlite mine tailings: 1. A greenhouse study

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 594-601

  Reid, Neil B ^a   Naeth, M Anne ^b  

^a EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amendments; Diamond mine; Native grasses; Reclamation; Revegetation; Soil nutrients; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

LAND RECLAMATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; TAILINGS; TUNDRA;

ARCTAGROSTIS LATIFOLIA; BRYOPHYTA; CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA BERINGENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; FESTUCA RUBRA; POA; POA ALPINA; POA GLAUCA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33747069640     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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