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Succession of vegetation on dumps from strip coal mining, N. W. Bohemia, Czechoslovakia

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Folia Geobot. Phytotax., Praha, 22: 339–354.—The primary succession of vegetation (higher plants) was studied on large dumps from brown coal mining in N.W. Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Three differently aged stages were investigated (1977–1986), using permanent plots and transects. Changes in the species composition, the participation of life forms, and the species diversity were expressed on the basis of cover data for a period of 30 years of the succession. The data were processed by an ordination technique (DCA).

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Prach, K. Succession of vegetation on dumps from strip coal mining, N. W. Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Folia geobot. phytotax. 22, 339–354 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853231

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