Vegetation diversity on coal mine spoil heaps-how important is the texture of the soil substrate?
- Submitting institution
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University of Wolverhampton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1644
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.2478/s11756-019-00218-x
- Title of journal
- Biologia
- Article number
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- First page
- 419
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 1336-9563
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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8
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This research investigated the relationship between the size of the particle fractions of the soil substrate and the diversity of the spontaneously developing vegetation on coal mine spoil heaps. This article is significant because granulometric assessment can aid in predicting the restoration potential of certain spoil heaps and the suitability of various reclamation measures to restore a variety of biological functions as well as to create a diverse vegetation based on native species. This work builds on existing collaborations with the Universities of Silesia and Bielsko-Biala, Poland, on the ecological restoration of coal mine spoil heaps.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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