Native vegetation in reclamation: Improving habitat and ecosystem function through using prairie species in mine land reclamation

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 108, Issue , 2017, Pages 525-536

  Swab, R M ^a   Lorenz, N ^b   Byrd, S ^c   Dick, R ^b  

^a The Wilds   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dawes Arboretum   (United States)

Author keywords

Mine land; Native plants; Prairie restoration; Reclamation; Soil beta glucosidase activity; Soil microbial community composition and biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; SEED; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ESTER-LINKED FATTY ACIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; NATIVE PLANTS; PRAIRIE RESTORATION; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPECIES RICHNESS AND DIVERSITIES;

LAND RECLAMATION;

BIOMASS; COAL MINING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; GROUND COVER; HERB; LAND RECLAMATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; REFORESTATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

APPALACHIANS; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POACEAE;

EID: 85021243515     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.05.012     Document Type: Article

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