Soil fertility and spontaneous revegetation in lignite spoil banks under different amendments

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-142

  Pedrol, Nuria ^a   Puig, Carolina G ^a   Souza, Pablo ^a   Forján, Rubén ^a   Vega, Flora A ^a   Asensio, Verónica ^a   González, Luís ^a   Cerqueira, Beatriz ^a   Covelo, Emma F ^a   Andrade, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Minesoils; Plant production; Reclamation; Soil limiting factors; Soil respiration; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EARLY EFFECTS; GALICIA; GAS ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MINE SITE; MINESOILS; MUTUAL INTERACTION; NW SPAIN; ORGANIC MATTER; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT PRODUCTION; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PH; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION RATES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPOIL BANKS; TOTAL NITROGEN;

BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; COMPOSTING; FORESTRY; LIGNITE; LIGNITE MINES; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; POSITIVE IONS; RECLAMATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

PH EFFECTS;

COAL MINE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPOST; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ION EXCHANGE; LEGUME; LIGNITE; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PH; RECLAIMED LAND; REVEGETATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 77956190764     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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