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T1 Linking soil variability with plant community composition along a mine-slope topographic gradient: Implications for restoration
A1 López Marcos, Daphne
A1 Turrión Nieves, María Belén
A1 Martínez Ruiz, Carolina
K1 Coal mining
K1 Ecological restoration
K1 Floristic composition
K1 Northern Spain
K1 Soil properties
K1 Topography
AB Abstract: Soil heterogeneity generated during the topographic restoration of opencast coalmines determines important differences in vegetation dynamics. The relationship between soil and vegetation along a reclaimed mine slope was assessed. Two vegetation patches (grassland and shrubland) were distinguished and compared with the adjacent forest. Seven sampling transects (3:3:1, grassland:shrubland:forest) were implemented for soil and vegetation characterization. Eleven years after reclamation significant differences between the reference community and the reclaimed communities, and along the reclaimed mine slope, were found. A topographic gradient was observed in the vegetation distribution associated with water and organic matter content: Grassland patches occupy the upper parts of the mine slope to where easily oxidizable-carbon/total-carbon ratio increases and shrubland patches occupy the lower parts towards where water retention capacity increases. The plant species segregation along the mine-slope topographic gradient was related to stages of different maturity of vegetation and soil properties. Novel aspects in plant-soil systems understanding in reclaimed mine slopes were addressed.
PB Springer
SN 0044-7447
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73250
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73250
LA spa
NO Ambio, january 2020, 49, 1, 337-349
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 03-abr-2025