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Restoration Practices Used on Post Mining Sites and Industrial Deposits in the Czech Republic with an Example of Natural Restoration of Granodiorite Quarries and Spoil Heaps Cover

Restoration Practices Used on Post Mining Sites and Industrial Deposits in the Czech Republic with an Example of Natural Restoration of Granodiorite Quarries and Spoil Heaps

Journal of Landscape Ecology
Volume 8 (2015): Issue 2 (November 2015)
By: Tomáš Chuman  
Open Access
|Nov 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2015-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 46
Submitted on: Apr 7, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 28, 2015
Published on: Nov 26, 2015
Published by: Czech Society for Landscape Ecology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
reclamation,
restoration,
quarry,
spoil heaps,
granodiorite quarry,
aerial image,
vegetation succession,
Skuteč
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other,
Life sciences,
Ecology

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