Effect of vegetation cover and seasonal drought on loblolly pine survival on reclaimed mine soil

26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 703-715

  Lang, David ^a   Hawkey, George ^b   Sanborn, Judd ^b   Buell, Rebecca ^b   Roberson, Bill ^c   Maddox, Victor ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Red Hills Lignite Mine   (United States)

^c ProTurf   (United States)

^d Victor Maddox ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cynodon dactylon; Volunteer forbs

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; BERMUDAGRASSES; CYNODON DACTYLON; LOBLOLLY PINE; PINE SEEDLINGS; PINUS TAEDA; RECLAIMED MINE SOILS; RED HILLS; VEGETATION COVER; VOLUNTEER FORBS; WHITE CLOVER;

COMPETITION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; LIGNITE MINES; RECLAMATION; SOILS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84865436114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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