Evaluating wildlife response to vegetation restoration on reclaimed mine lands in southwestern Virginia

Coal mining has had profound impacts in the Appalachian region, initiating a need to understand the implications of traditional and current reclamation practices on wildlife. I evaluated wildlife use of reclaimed sites of varying ages and cover types in southwestern Virginia. I compared reclaimed si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carrozzino, Amy Leigh
Other Authors: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32190
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042009-150307/