Soil properties and species richness of invertebrates on afforested sites after brown coal mining

0380517 - BC 2013 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Hendrychová, M. - Šálek, M. - Tajovský, Karel - Řehoř, M.
Soil properties and species richness of invertebrates on afforested sites after brown coal mining.
Restoration Ecology. Roč. 20, č. 5 (2012), s. 561-567. ISSN 1061-2971. E-ISSN 1526-100X
Grant - others:GA ČR(CZ) GA105/09/1675
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : biodiversity * forest reclamation * post-mining landscape
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 1.934, year: 2012

Variation in soil properties may influence diversity of invertebrate communities, a crucial component of every ecosystem, and their impact should be considered also in restoration management. Although most spoil heaps have been reclaimed after brown coal mining, some post-mining sites are left to natural succession. Little is known, however, about the effects of these two fundamentally different approaches on diversity of invertebrates inhabiting these stands. While controlling for habitat characteristics, we analyzed the effects of soil properties on species richness of seven invertebrate groups representing various trophic levels and diverse spatial niches at afforested spoil heaps and adjacent pits managed under these two basic restoration approaches in the North Bohemia Brown Coal Basin (Czech Republic, central Europe).
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