Indigenous plant species establishment during rehabilitation of an opencast coal mine, South-East Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-98

  Todd, Andrea J ^a   Rufaut, Catherine G ^a   Craw, David ^a   Begbie, Michelle A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coal; Indigenous plant species; Loess; Mine rehabilitation; Revegetation; Substrate chemistry; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FORESTRY; QUARTZ; REVEGETATION; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

LOESS; MINE REHABILITATION; PLANT SPECIES; SUBSTRATE CHEMISTRY; WASTE ROCKS;

COAL MINES;

COAL MINE; COAL SEAM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROWTH; LOESS; MINE WASTE; OPENCAST MINING; PLANT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BORON; COAL; GROUND WATER; LOESS; MOISTURE; PLANTS; ROCK; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 75649109629     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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