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A vegetation and soil chronosequence on the Mesabi iron range spoil banks, Minnesota

Gilbert A. Leisman
- 01 Jul 1957 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 3, pp 221-245
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This article is published in Ecological Monographs.The article was published on 1957-07-01. It has received 62 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chronosequence & Vegetation (pathology).

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Soil carbon sequestration and land‐use change: processes and potential

Wilfred M. Post, +1 more
- 01 Mar 2000 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the essential elements of what is known about soil organic matter dynamics that may result in enhanced soil carbon sequestration with changes in land-use and soil management are discussed.
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Hopes for the Future: Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology

Andrew P. Dobson, +2 more
- 25 Jul 1997 - 
TL;DR: The emerging discipline of restoration ecology as mentioned in this paper provides a powerful suite of tools for speeding the recovery of degraded lands, and provides a crucial complement to the establishment of nature reserves as a way of increasing land for the preservation of biodiversity.
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Primary Succession and Ecosystem Rehabilitation

Lawrence R. Walker, +1 more
TL;DR: This paper provided the first comprehensive summary of how plant, animal and microbial communities develop under the harsh conditions following such dramatic disturbances, and examined the basic principles that determine ecosystem development and applied the general rules to the urgent practical need for promoting the reclamation of damaged lands.
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Nutrient limitation and soil development: Experimental test of a biogeochemical theory

Peter M. Vitousek, +1 more
- 01 Apr 1997 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the Walker and Syers model was applied to the problem of nutrient limitation in a tropical rain forest in the Maui forest reserve, and the results showed that N and P had equilibrated (relativeto plant requirements) in the intermediate aged site.
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Restoration of mined lands—using natural processes

A. D. Bradshaw
- 01 Aug 1997 - 
TL;DR: In the process of removing the desired mineral material, original soils become lost, or buried by wastes as discussed by the authors, and a vast heritage of degraded land left by past mining that requires restoration.