Hardwood tree survival in heavy ground cover on reclaimed land in West Virginia: Mowing and ripping effects

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1400-1409

  Skousen, Jeff ^a   Gorman, Jim ^a   Pena Yewtukhiw, Eugenia ^a   King, Jim ^a   Stewart, Jason ^a   Emerson, Paul ^a   DeLong, Curtis ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GROWTH; BLACK CHERRIES; BLACK WALNUT; COAL MINING; COMPACTED SOIL; FIRST YEAR; GROUNDCOVER; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; QUERCUS RUBRA; RECLAIMED LAND; RED OAK; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; SURFACE MINES; TREE GROWTH; TREE SPECIES; TREE SURVIVAL; WEST VIRGINIA; YELLOW-POPLAR;

AGRICULTURE; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MINING; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

SOILS;

ARTICLE; CHERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FRAXINUS; GROWTH PERIOD; LIRIODENDRON; NONHUMAN; OAK; SEEDLING; SOIL COMPACTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES; WALNUT;

SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WEST VIRGINIA;

AGRICULTURE; HARDWOODS; LAND USE; LEGISLATION; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

FRAXINUS AMERICANA; JUGLANS NIGRA; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 67650445578     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0297     Document Type: Article

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