Understory vegetation in reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining forest stands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 783-790

  Mudrák, Ondřej ^a,b,d   Frouz, Jan ^a,b,c   Velichová, Václava ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coal; Restoration; Soil formation; Spoil heaps; Succession; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; COAL MINING; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST PLANTATION; FOREST STAND; FORWARD SELECTION; MINING SITES; PLANT SPECIES; QUERCUS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; ROUGH SUBSTRATES; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL FORMATION; SOIL FORMATIONS; SPOIL HEAPS; UNDERSTORY COMPOSITION; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FERMENTATION; RECLAMATION; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

FORESTRY;

COAL MINING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FERMENTATION; FOREST CANOPY; GRASS; LAND RECLAMATION; PEDOGENESIS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOIL HEAP; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

COAL; FERMENTATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MINING; PLANTS; RECLAMATION; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WEATHERING;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SOKOLOV BASIN;

ALNUS; BETULA PENDULA; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS; LARIX; MALVACEAE; PICEA; QUERCUS; SALIX; SALIX CAPREA; TILIA;

EID: 77953133870     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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