Reclaimed Mine Sites: Forests and Plant Diversity

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F22%3A00555062" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/22:00555062 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41210/22:91479 RIV/60460709:41330/22:91479 RIV/00216208:11310/22:10441690

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010013" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010013</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14010013" target="_blank" >10.3390/d14010013</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Reclaimed Mine Sites: Forests and Plant Diversity

Original language description

The relationship between vegetation and selected soil characteristics in different monoculture forest types was investigated as part of a landscape restoration project after brown coal mining. Six forest types were selected: alder (Alnus sp.), spruce (Picea sp.), pine (Pinus sp.), larch (Larix sp.), long-term deciduous forest (Quercus robur, Tilia sp.), and forest created by spontaneous succession. These stands were classified into two age categories (younger and older). The soil attributes, C/N, TC, TN, pH, and A horizon depth were assessed. The observed species were categorized into functional groups by life history, life forms according to Raunki AE r, and affinity to the forest environment. C/N ratio, humus thickness, and canopy cover were the main soil parameters affecting plant communities. The highest C/N values were recorded in Pinus and Larix stands, which were significantly different from deciduous and succession stands. The highest diversity index was noted in younger stands of Alnus and the lowest in younger stands of Picea. Intermediate values of the diversity index were achieved in successional stands at both age levels and in Larix and Alnus stands. The species belonging to a functional group was not an important factor in these habitat types. The species composition and vegetation change over time in the Alnus, long-life deciduous, and Larix stands show that these species are more suitable for forestry reclamation than spruce or pine. The study also emphasizes the great value of spontaneous succession areas as full-fledged alternatives to forestry reclamation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK1710241" target="_blank" >QK1710241: Optimizing management of forest regeneration on sites affected by surface mining</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Diversity

ISSN

1424-2818

e-ISSN

1424-2818

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

13

UT code for WoS article

000757341500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85122696814