Ripping improves tree survival and growth on unused reclaimed mined lands

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1059-1065

  Fields Johnson, Christopher W ^a   Burger, James A ^a   Evans, Daniel M ^a   Zipper, Carl E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Hardwoods; Reclamation; Reforestation; Subsoil ripping

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HARDWOODS; LAND RECLAMATION; RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS; APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; EASTERN WHITE PINES; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; POPULUS DELTOIDS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; SUBSOIL RIPPING; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH;

ECOLOGY;

ABANDONED LAND; COMPACTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; LAND RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SUBSOIL; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

ACER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARYA; CATION EXCHANGE; COAL MINING; CORNUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRAXINUS; GROWING SEASON; LIRIODENDRON; NONHUMAN; OAK; POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; SOIL; SURFACE SOIL; SURVIVAL; TREE; TREE GROWTH; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL; WHITE PINE;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

PINUS STROBUS; POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

APPALACHIAN REGION; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MINING; PINUS; POPULUS; SOIL; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902260800     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0261-7     Document Type: Article

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