Early trajectories of forest understory development on reclamation sites: Influence of forest floor placement and a cover crop

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 698-706

  Macdonald, S Ellen ^a   Snively, Alia E K ^a   Fair, Jordana M ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest reclamation; Direct soil placement; Forest floor salvage and placement depth; Melilotus officinalis; Species richness; Surface mining

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COAL MINE; COVER CROP; FOREST FLOOR; LAND RECLAMATION; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84941600953     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12217     Document Type: Article

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