Technical reclamations are wasting the conservation potential of post-mining sites. A case study of black coal spoil dumps

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-18

  Tropek, Robert ^a,b   Kadlec, Tomas ^a,c,d   Hejda, Martin ^c,e   Kocarek, Petr ^f   Skuhrovec, Jiri ^g   Malenovsky, Igor ^h   Vodka, Stepan ^a,b   Spitzer, Lukas ^a,b   Banar, Petr ^h   Konvicka, Martin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^g CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^h DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Conservation legislation; Landscape restoration; Postindustrial biotopes; Spoil heaps; Spontaneous succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION; POSTINDUSTRIAL BIOTOPES; SPOIL HEAPS; SPONTANEOUS SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; BITUMINOUS COAL; CONSERVATION; LAND RECLAMATION; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SITE SELECTION;

RECLAMATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; REFUGE; SPOIL HEAP; SUCCESSION;

CZECH REPUBLIC; KLADNO; STREDOCESKY;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HETEROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTEROIDEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84860241592     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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