Hardwood tree growth after eight years on brown and gray mine soils in west Virginia

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1353-1362

  Wilson Kokes, L ^a   Emerson, P ^b   DeLong, C ^c   Thomas, C ^d   Skousen, J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^c OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; GROWING SEASON; MINE OPERATORS; RE-COLONIZATION; SOIL COMPACTION; SURFACE MINING CONTROL; VEGETATIVE COVER; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

COAL MINES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SANDSTONE;

ACT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; FORAGE; GROWING SEASON; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PLANT GROWTH; POACEAE; ROOTING; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE MINING; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TREE GROWTH; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE; MINING; SOIL; TREE; WEST VIRGINIA;

COAL; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; SAND STONE; SOIL;

SOIL;

COAL MINING; MINING; POACEAE; SOIL; TREES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84884940327     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.04.0113     Document Type: Article

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