Factors causing spatial heterogeneity in soil properties, plant cover, and soil fauna in a non-reclaimed post-mining site

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1910-1913

  Frouz, Jan ^a   Kalčík, Jiří ^b   Velichová, Václava ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Invertebrates; Recultivation; Soil chemistry; Succession; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; INVERTEBRATES; RECULTIVATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUCCESSION;

ANIMALS; SODIUM; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

COAL MINING; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; PHYTOMASS; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FAUNA; SUCCESSION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052080311     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.039     Document Type: Article

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