Technical reclamations are wasting the conservation potential of post-mining sites. A case study of black coal spoil dumps

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  2012

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  Ecological Engineering

• Publication date

  2012-06-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOLENG.2011.10.010
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