Restoration of alpine spoil heaps: Successional rates predict vegetation recovery in 50 years

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-301

  Rydgren, Knut ^a   Halvorsen, Rune ^b   Odland, Arvid ^c   Skjerdal, Gudrun ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpine restoration; Colonization; Plant species composition; Rates of succession; Restoration ecology; Spoil heaps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE RESTORATION; COLONIZATION; PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION; RATES OF SUCCESSION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPOIL HEAPS;

RECOVERY; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BRYOPHYTE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GERMINATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LANDSCAPE; LICHEN; ORGANIC MATTER; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPOIL HEAP; TOPSOIL; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

NORWAY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78751702391     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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