Opencast coal mining has a series of consequences on land resources and places
enormous pressure on the ecological environment. Stripping, excavation, transportation and …

Large-scale solar power plants are being developed at a rapid rate, and are setting up to
use thousands or millions of acres of land globally. The environmental issues related to the …

Soil fauna consumes substantial amounts of litter and can even consume the entire annual
litterfall in some ecosystems. The assimilation efficiency of fauna may reach 50% but is …

In forest ecosystems, trees represent the major primary producers and affect the chemical
composition and microbial processes in the ecosystem via specific litter chemistry and …

Bauxite residue discharged to disposal areas, which could generate environmental pollution
issues. Long-term natural restoration may improve the physicochemical properties of the …

More than 50 parameters of vegetation, soil and soil fauna were studied in 27 non-reclaimed
post mining sites of various age (1–41years old) located near the town of Sokolov (Czech …

Grasslands across the world are being degraded due to the impacts of overgrazing and
climate change. However, the influences of grassland degradation on carbon (C), nitrogen …

Success in the remediation of mine spoil depends largely on the selection of appropriate
tree species. The impacts of remediation on mine soil quality cannot be sufficiently assessed …

The effects of tree species differing in foliage and litter chemistry on the chemical, micro-
morphological, and biological properties of soil were studied on post-mining sites afforested …

Abstract Knowledge about biotic (plant species diversity, biomass) and/or abiotic
(physicochemical substrate parameters) factors that determine enzyme activity and …