<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Iron ore mines of the Łęczyca region started operating in the sixties and seventies of the 20<sup>th</sup> century and brought about considerable changes in the agricultural landscape of the town of Łęczyca and its vicinity. As a result of the ore exploitation, rock dumps as well as local depressions were created there. The subject of the present research was flora occurring in areas transformed by iron ore mining in the Łęczyca region. The flora is of spontaneous and anthropogenic (as a result of planting - reclamation) character. The results of the conducted research indicate that areas transformed by mining significantly increase their biological diversity.</p></abstract>

Iron ore mines of the Łęczyca region started operating in the sixties and seventies of the 20th century and brought about considerable changes in the agricultural landscape of the town of Łęczyca and its vicinity. As a result of the ore exploitation, rock dumps as well as local depressions were created there. The subject of the present research was flora occurring in areas transformed by iron ore mining in the Łęczyca region. The flora is of spontaneous and anthropogenic (as a result of planting - reclamation) character. The results of the conducted research indicate that areas transformed by mining significantly increase their biological diversity.

The flora of the former Łęczyca iron ore dumps

Department of Geobotany and Plant Ecology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland

Department of Nature Conservation, University of Łódź, Banacha 1/3, 90-237 Łódź, Poland

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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Iron ore mines of the Łęczyca region started operating in the sixties and seventies of the 20th century and brought about considerable changes in the...

The flora of the former Łęczyca iron ore dumps

Data publikacji: 17 maj 2010

Zakres stron: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10119-009-0006-2

Słowa kluczowe
ore mine dumps, flora, Łęczyca, Middle Poland

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The flora of the former Łęczyca iron ore dumps

Data publikacji: 17 maj 2010

Zakres stron: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10119-009-0006-2

Słowa kluczoweore mine dumps, flora, Łęczyca, Middle Poland

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
ore mine dumps, flora, Łęczyca, Middle Poland