Vegetation succession in reclaimed coal-mining slopes in a Mediterranean-dry environment

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-178

  Moreno de las Heras, M ^a   Nicolau, J M ^a   Espigares, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drylands; Inhibition; Local disturbances; Restoration; Soil erosion; Teruel coalfield

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; CURING; EROSION; MINING; REPAIR; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TRAJECTORIES;

DRYLANDS; INHIBITION; LOCAL DISTURBANCES; SOIL EROSION; TERUEL COALFIELD;

VEGETATION;

COAL MINE; DRYLAND FARMING; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; RECLAIMED LAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON]; TERUEL BASIN;

EID: 51449109134     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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