Spontaneous vegetation succession at different central European mining sites: a comparison across seres

0422595 - BÚ 2014 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Prach, Karel - Lencová, K. - Řehounková, Klára - Dvořáková, K. - Jírová, Alena - Konvalinková, P. - Mudrák, Ondřej - Novák, J. - Trnková, R.
Spontaneous vegetation succession at different central European mining sites: a comparison across seres.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Roč. 20, č. 11 (2013), 7680-7685. ISSN 0944-1344. E-ISSN 1614-7499
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP505/11/0256
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : succession * vegetation * mining
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 2.757, year: 2013

The successional seres studied were more similar in their species composition in the initial stages, in which synathropic species prevailed, than in later successional stages. This vegetation differentiation was determined especially by local moisture conditions. In most cases, succession led to a woodland, which usually established after approximately 20 years. In very dry or wet places, by contrast, where woody species were limited, often highly valuable, open vegetation developed. Except in the peatlands, the total number of species and the number of target species increased during succession. Participation of invasive aliens was mostly unimportant. Spontaneous vegetation succession generally appears to be an ecologically suitable and cheap way of ecosystem restoration of heavily disturbed sites. It should, therefore, be preferred over technical reclamation.
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