The nature and extent of environmental disturbance associated with mining commonly
entails completely new and challenging combinations of climate, lithology and landform …

Topsoil translocation has been used for vegetation restoration throughout the world, but it
has been poorly tested within savannas. This study describes Brazilian savanna (cerrado) …

Topsoil is a valuable resource for revegetation of mine sites as it contains seeds of plant
species indigenous to the local environment. As mine site restoration is undertaken after the …

Topsoil translocation has been effective for the restoration of plant communities, but until
recently this method had not been used for tropical dry forest restoration. We tested different …

In this study, the long-term restoration success of calcareous grasslands was investigated
using a functional trait approach. The study site is located in the Swabian Alb, Germany …

Plant conservation biology needs a new approach to cope with the rapid disappearance of
species and ecosystems. This paper is an attempt to introduce such an approach via …

Restoration after mining often requires strong interventions, including soil reconstruction,
which makes vegetation establishment a challenge. We analyzed regeneration of woody …

Question How do contrasting influences of inundation and historical land uses affect
restoration of soil propagule bank composition in floodplain wetlands? Location Northern …

True restoration of highly disrupted native ecosystems is universally difficult, and has not
been achieved on waste rock dumps at a rock phosphate mine in the resource-limited …

Plant conservation biology needs a new paradigm to stop ongoing environmental
degradation and species loss. This paper provides detailed methodological guidelines for …