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<p>Reliable indicators of success are needed to monitor the process of reclaiming disturbed land in order to understand the achievement of reclamation objectives. The formation of coherent dynamics of vegetation and soil development is ultimately a crucial condition for the success of reclaiming territory disturbed by surface mining and the possibility of using reclaimed land in agricultural production. The study revealed a relationship between the phytoindicator of vegetation hemeroby and the physical properties of technosols to prove its application as a measure of the restoration of the disturbed ecosystem in the reclamation process. The plant communities were classified into beta-, alpha-euhemerobic, polyhemerobic and metahemerobic levels of anthropogenic transformation. The technosols varied in the proportion of hemeroby levels of plant communities. The hemeroby level was consistent with the physical properties of technosols. A decrease in hemeroby level resulted in increased soil electrical conductivity, decreased soil penetration resistance and altered soil aggregate structure. The hemeroby of plant communities is a dependable phytoindicator of ecosystem restoration during reclamation.</p>
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Reliable indicators of success are needed to monitor the process of reclaiming disturbed land in order to understand the achievement of reclamation objectives. The formation of coherent dynamics of vegetation and soil development is ultimately a crucial condition for the success of reclaiming territory disturbed by surface mining and the possibility of using reclaimed land in agricultural production. The study revealed a relationship between the phytoindicator of vegetation hemeroby and the physical properties of technosols to prove its application as a measure of the restoration of the disturbed ecosystem in the reclamation process. The plant communities were classified into beta-, alpha-euhemerobic, polyhemerobic and metahemerobic levels of anthropogenic transformation. The technosols varied in the proportion of hemeroby levels of plant communities. The hemeroby level was consistent with the physical properties of technosols. A decrease in hemeroby level resulted in increased soil electrical conductivity, decreased soil penetration resistance and altered soil aggregate structure. The hemeroby of plant communities is a dependable phytoindicator of ecosystem restoration during reclamation.

Plant Community Hemeroby is a Reliable Indicator of the Dynamics of Reclamation of Lands Disturbed by Mining

Faculty of Biology and Ecology, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

Pedology, and Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Ecology, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Reliable indicators of success are needed to monitor the process of reclaiming disturbed land in order to understand the achievement of reclamation objectives....

Plant Community Hemeroby is a Reliable Indicator of the Dynamics of Reclamation of Lands Disturbed by Mining

Published Online: Jun 04, 2024

Page range: 43 - 53

Received: Dec 19, 2023

Accepted: Feb 24, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2024-0005

Keywords
soil compaction, floodplain, soil penetration resistance, aggregate structure, soil electrical conductivity, plant community, phytoindication, naturalness

© 2023 Olga Kunakh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Plant Community Hemeroby is a Reliable Indicator of the Dynamics of Reclamation of Lands Disturbed by Mining

Published Online: Jun 04, 2024

Page range: 43 - 53

Received: Dec 19, 2023

Accepted: Feb 24, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2024-0005

Keywordssoil compaction, floodplain, soil penetration resistance, aggregate structure, soil electrical conductivity, plant community, phytoindication, naturalness

© 2023 Olga Kunakh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
soil compaction, floodplain, soil penetration resistance, aggregate structure, soil electrical conductivity, plant community, phytoindication, naturalness