Site Quality Classification for Mapping Forest Productivity Potential on Mine Soils in the Appalachian Coalfield Region
Surface mining for coal in the Appalachian region destroys native forests and replaces them with reclaimed landscapes that are often revegetated as grasslands and are unacceptable for managed forest production without extensive remediation. Tree survival and growth are dependent on many reclaimed m...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33355 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05312005-094844/ |