Tree growth and natural regeneration on three loose-graded surface mine spoil types in Kentucky: Preliminary findings

American Society of Mining and Reclamation - 24th National Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation 2007: 30 Years of SMCRA and Beyond

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 22-35

  Angel, Patrick N ^a,b   Barton, Christopher D ^c   Warner, Richard C ^d   Agouridis, Carmen ^d   Hall, Sarah L ^c   Sweigard, Richard J ^e   Graves, Donald H ^c  

^a Office of Surface Mining   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Department of Forestry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)   (United Kingdom)

^e Mining Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compacted spoil; Tree performance

Indexed keywords

COMPACTED SPOIL; GROWING MEDIA; KENTUCKY; NATIVE FORESTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; NATURAL SUCCESSION; PLANTED TREES; SURFACE MINES; TREE GROWTH; TREE PERFORMANCE; TREE SEEDLINGS;

RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; SANDSTONE; SEED;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84865371034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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