Forest restoration on steep slopes after coal surface mining in Appalachian USA: Soil grading and seeding effects

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 270, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-134

  Fields Johnson, C W ^a   Zipper, C E ^a   Burger, J A ^a   Evans, D M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem restoration; Mine reclamation; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE HEIGHT; COAL FIELDS; COAL SURFACES; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOREST RESTORATION; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GROWING SEASON; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOOSE SOILS; MINE RECLAMATION; MINE SITE; NATIVE FORESTS; NATIVE SPECIES; NATIVE TREES; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SPECIES; PLANTED TREES; SEEDING EFFECTS; SITE PROPERTIES; SOIL EROSION; STEEP SLOPE; TREE SURVIVAL; WATER INFILTRATION; WATER RUNOFF;

COAL DEPOSITS; COAL RECLAMATION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; GRADING; INFILTRATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS; WATER TREATMENT;

SEED;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COAL MINING; GRASS; GROUND COVER; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INFILTRATION; LEGUME; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECLAIMED LAND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEEDING; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SURVIVAL;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84856995597     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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