Landscape functionality of plant communities in the Impala Platinum mining area, Rustenburg

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-116

  van der Walt, L ^a   Cilliers, S S ^a   Kellner, K ^a   Tongway, D ^b   van Rensburg, L ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetch length; Landscape function; Platinum mine tailings; Soil surface indices; Thornveld

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

ALKALINITY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; LANDSCAPE; MINING; OPENCAST MINING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL SURFACE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; LANDSCAPE; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

NORTH WEST PROVINCE; RUSTENBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866502794     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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