Forest restoration following surface mining disturbance: challenges and solutions

New Forests

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 703-732

  Macdonald, S Ellen ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Skousen, Jeff ^f   Franklin, Jennifer ^b   Frouz, Jan ^c   Hall, Sarah ^d   Jacobs, Douglass F ^e   Quideau, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Environmental Centre   (Czech Republic)

^d BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Forest understory vegetation; Landform reconstruction; Microbial communities; Mining; Soil redevelopment; Tree establishment

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MINING; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEED; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FOREST RESTORATION; FOREST UNDERSTORY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SOIL REDEVELOPMENT; TREE ESTABLISHMENT;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINING; PEDOGENESIS; RECONSTRUCTION; REGENERATION; ROOTING; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERSTORY;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84944516666     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-015-9506-4     Document Type: Article

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