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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Andy Thomas
Other Authors: Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Format: Others
Published: 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/