Natural plant revegetation on reclaimed coal mine landscapes in Agacli-Istanbul

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3248-3259

  Makineci, Ender ^a   Gungor, Beyza Sat ^b   Kumbasli, Meric ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coal mine; Plant composition; Reclamation; Revegetation; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REVEGETATION; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ROSACEAE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ROSACEAE; SCIADOPITYS VERTICILLATA;

EID: 79955571035     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.2499     Document Type: Article

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