Waste generated due to mining activity poses a serious issue due to the large amounts
generated, even up to 65 billion tons per year, and is often associated with the risk posed by …

Understanding how reclamation practices influence plant community assembly and
succession is an important step in develo** realistic indicators and targets for reclamation …

Many forested landscapes around the world are severely altered during mining for their rich
mineral and energy reserves. Herein we provide an overview of the challenges inherent in …

Soil development is an integral process of mining spoil restoration, which is critical for
vegetation establishment and may help to predict reclamation success. In this study …

Question: How is vegetation succession on coal mine wastes under a Mediterranean climate
affected by the restoration method used (topsoil addition or not)? How are plant …

Aims Little is known about how soil parameters change during early stages of revegetation
dynamics on newly-restored coal mines, particularly in a Mediterranean climate. Our aim …

Aims To assess the short-term effect of herbivory exclusion on vegetation and soil and to
relate differences in floristic composition to changes in soil properties in a reclaimed coal …

Facilitative interactions among plants enable a species persist in stressful environments, but
its use as a restoration technique of plant cover in degraded man-made ecosystems …

Accretion of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content in reclaimed mine soil is a major objective
to restore mine soil fertility. The present study investigated the impact of grass and legume …

Mining sites are areas where mining and restoration coexist and are constantly changing.
The vegetation condition can reflect the process of surface mining and restoration, while …