Geological controls on natural ecosystem recovery on mine waste in southern New Zealand

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1389-1400

  Craw, D ^a   Rufaut, C G ^a   Hammit, S ^b   Clearwater, S G ^a   Smith, C M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coal; Invertebrates; Mine; Natural revegetation; Plants; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; GEOLOGY; GRAVEL; MINE POWER PLANTS; QUARTZ; TRACE ELEMENTS;

INVERTEBRATES; MINE WASTES; NATURAL REVEGETATION; WASTE ROCKS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; COAL MINE; COHESION; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INVERTEBRATE; MINE WASTE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEBBLE; QUARTZ; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILTSTONE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846950845     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0436-5     Document Type: Article

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