Understory vegetation in reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining forest stands

0353576 - BÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Mudrák, Ondřej - Frouz, J. - Velichová, V.
Understory vegetation in reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining forest stands.
Ecological Engineering. Roč. 36, č. 6 (2010), s. 783-790. ISSN 0925-8574. E-ISSN 1872-6992
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : coal * restoration * succession
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 2.203, year: 2010

We compared species composition of the understory that spontaneously developed in seven types of forest stands planted as reclamation measure in Sokolov coal-mining district. Six types of the stands were plantations, each dominated by one tree genus and one type was unreclaimed spontaneously growing stands. Understory composition differed considerably among the types of forest stands and was significantly explained by the sixteen measured environmental variables, which were also affected by the type of forest stand. Therefore, all of the explained variability in understory composition could be attributed to the type of forest stand, which apparently affected the understory by its impact on soil formation. Our study also showed that even in the absence of reclamation measures, mining sites can be successfully restored due to spontaneous succession.
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