Impact of soil stockpiling and mining rehabilitation on earthworm communities

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Boyer, Stephane ^a   Wratten, Stephen ^a   Pizey, Mark ^b   Weber, Paul ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Mine restoration; New Zealand; Opencast mine; Soil stockpiles; Vegetation direct transfer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD WEB; HABITAT RESTORATION; MINERALIZATION; MINING; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84855340975     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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