Correlation Between Herbaceous Species and Environmental Variables at the Abandoned Haizhou Coal Mining Site
| Autor: | Kostas Komnitsas, Daoliang Li, Xiangyun Guo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Ecology
business.industry Soil organic matter Coal mining Plant community redundancy analysis (RDA) Vegetation ordination Management Monitoring Policy and Law Soil contamination Tailings vegetation-soil relationships Geography forensic investigations Ordination Quadrat business Waste Management and Disposal |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Forensics. 11:146-153 |
| ISSN: | 1527-5930 1527-5922 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15275920903558877 |
| Popis: | Δημοσίευση σε επιστημονικό περιοδικό Summarization: The present article attempts to establish relationships between vegetation and environmental variables at the abandoned Haizhou coal mine, in China. Plant community types were analyzed using two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN). The relationships between communities and environmental factors were defined through redundancy analysis (RDA). The results showed that quadrats can be divided into six groups and species into four types. NH4-N, elevation and year (time since abandonment) are the main factors that affect the distribution patterns of plant communities. Organic matter (OM), available phosphorus (AP), available potassium (AK), slope and aspect have a less significant effect on plant community distribution. The results of this study may be further exploited and used in forensic investigations providing useful information regarding past mining activities and contamination caused in sites where no accurate historical data is available. Παρουσιάστηκε στο: Environmental Forensics |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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