Factors causing spatial heterogeneity in soil properties, plant cover, and soil fauna in a non-reclaimed post-mining site

0370594 - BC 2012 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Frouz, J. - Kalčík, Jiří - Velichová, V.
Factors causing spatial heterogeneity in soil properties, plant cover, and soil fauna in a non-reclaimed post-mining site.
Ecological Engineering. Roč. 37, č. 11 (2011), s. 1910-1913. ISSN 0925-8574. E-ISSN 1872-6992
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT 2B08023
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60660521
Keywords : soil chemistry * vegetation * invertebrates
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 3.106, year: 2011

This study explored processes responsible for environmental heterogeneity at a man-made post-mining landscape formed by heaping of homogeneous overburden in longitudinal “waves”. Soil chemistry (pH; conductivity; total C; total, available, and water-soluble P; and available K, Na, and Ca), the distribution of woody and herbaceous plants, litter quantity, and the distribution of soil fauna were studied along a 100-m transect. Heterogeneity between waves was very low, and only available P and biomass of herbaceous plants differed among waves. In contrast, all investigated parameters except of total and available P and fauna density differed among position inside waves. Woody plants were more numerous on the wave tops and slopes than on the bottoms. Distribution of shrubs between waves affect between-waves distribution of other parameters, namely soil C_ox, as waves with more shrubs have larger litter input and more soil carbon.
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