Nutrient concentrations in tree leaves on brown and gray reclaimed mine soils in West Virginia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 418-424

  Wilson Kokes, Lindsay ^a   Skousen, Jeff ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf tissue; Mine soils; Reclamation; Reforestation; Soil nutrients; Surface mining

Indexed keywords

LAND RECLAMATION; MINING; NUTRIENTS; OPEN PIT MINING; RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION;

EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS; FOLIAR NUTRIENTS; LEAF TISSUES; MINE SOILS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; RECLAIMED MINE SOILS; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

SOILS;

PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BROWN SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOLIATION; LEAF; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REFORESTATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; TOPSOIL; TREE;

ARTICLE; BROWN MINE SOIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FOREST SOIL; GRAY MINE SOIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE MINING; TREE GROWTH; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

LEAF TISSUE; MINE SOILS; RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SURFACE MINING;

APPALACHIAN REGION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MINING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; TREES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84895802996     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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