Spoil heaps from brown coal mining: technical reclamation versus spontaneous revegetation

0129771 - BU-J 20035037 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Hodačová, D. - Prach, Karel
Spoil heaps from brown coal mining: technical reclamation versus spontaneous revegetation.
Restoration Ecology. Roč. 11, č. 3 (2003), s. 385-391. ISSN 1061-2971. E-ISSN 1526-100X
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/02/0617; GA AV ČR KSK6005114
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z6005908
Keywords : restoration * vegetation succession * diversity
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 0.842, year: 2003

Spontaneously re-vegetated and technically reclaimed spoil heaps from brown-coal mining are compared considering botanical composition. It was concluded that spontaneous re-vegetation is better alternative to technical reclamation in the most cases. It provides vegetation cover which is more diverse and better adapted to site conditions than that resulting from technical reclamation. Moreover, spontaneous succession is inexpensive.
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