Initial species composition predicts the progress in the spontaneous succession on post-mining sites

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 665-670

  Mudrák, Ondřej ^a   Doležal, Jiří ^a   Frouz, Jan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calamagrostis epigejos; Ecological restoration; Post mining sites; Spontaneous succession; Woody species

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RANDOM PROCESSES; RESTORATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEJOS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; MINING SITES; SPONTANEOUS SUCCESSION; WOODY SPECIES;

VEGETATION;

ABANDONED MINE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COAL MINING; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PIONEER SPECIES; SUCCESSION; WOODY PLANT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; KARLOVARSKY; SOKOLOV;

CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS;

EID: 84979231297     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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