Nine years of vegetation development in a postmining site: effects of spontaneous and assisted site recovery

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-260

  Baasch, Annett ^a   Kirmer, Anita ^a   Tischew, Sabine ^a  

^a ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Calamagrostis epigejos; Ecological restoration; Erosion control; Grasslands; Hay transfer; Mulch seeding; Species introduction; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EROSION CONTROL; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HAY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MIGRATION; MINING; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RECLAIMED LAND; RECOVERY PLAN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RUDERAL; SOWING; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS;

EID: 84855957310     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02086.x     Document Type: Article

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