Natural recovery of different areas of a deserted quarry in South China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-481

  DUAN, Wenjun ^a,b   REN, Hai ^a   FU, Shenglei ^a   WANG, Jun ^a,b   YANG, Long ^a,b   ZHANG, Jinping ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

environment vegetation relationships; natural recovery; quarry; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENT-VEGETATION RELATIONSHIPS; NATURAL RECOVERY;

QUARRIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; QUARRIES; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MINING; PLANT; QUARRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MINING; PLANT;

CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MINING; PLANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 42049087665     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62082-3     Document Type: Article

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