Soil moisture dynamics and restoration of self-sustaining native vegetation ecosystem on an open-cut coal mine

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 615-624

  Ngugi, Michael R ^a   Neldner, Victor J ^a   Doley, David ^b   Kusy, Brano ^c   Moore, Darren ^c   Richter, Christian ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macropore drainage; Mine rehabilitation; Mine revegetation; Novel ecosystems; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

COAL MINE; HABITAT RESTORATION; RETENTION; REVEGETATION; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; MEANDU MINE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84941601071     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12221     Document Type: Article

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