Soil and vegetation development during early succession on restored coal wastes: A six-year permanent plot study

Plant and Soil

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 305-320

  Alday, Josu G ^a,b   Marrs, Rob H ^a   Martínez Ruiz, Carolina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Valladolid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

DCA ordination; Floristic composition; Restoration work; Soil disturbance; Soil organic carbon; Soil physico chemical properties; Vegetation dynamics; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

COAL MINE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLORISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL PROPERTY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WASTE;

EID: 84858333954     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1033-2     Document Type: Article

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