Soil seed bank formation during early revegetation after hydroseeding in reclaimed coal wastes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1062-1069

  Gonzalez Alday J ^a,b   Marrs, R H ^b   Martinez Ruiz C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance to natural community; Foreign species; Minimal adequate models; Native species; Seed colonization; Seed species composition; Topography

Indexed keywords

CATTLE MANURES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; COAL WASTES; DISTANCE TO NATURAL COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREIGN SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MINIMAL ADEQUATE MODELS; NATIVE SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEED SOURCE; SOIL SEED BANK; SPECIES NUMBER; SPECIES SEEDS; VEGETATION RECOVERY;

BANK PROTECTION; COAL MINES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MANURES; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; PLANNING; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

SEED;

COAL MINE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SEED BANK; SEEDING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BOS;

EID: 67349222948     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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