scots pine (pinus sylvestris l.) ecosystem macronutrients budget on reclaimed mine sites—stand trees supply and stability欧洲赤松(抗旱性l .)预算生态系统营养元素的回收矿井sites-stand树木供应和稳定.pdf

Vol.2, No.6, 590-599 (2010) Natural Science /10.4236/ns.2010.26074 Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) ecosystem macronutrients budget on reclaimed mine sites—stand trees supply and stability* Marcin Pietrzykowski Department of Forest Ecology, Agricultural University of Kracow, Krakow, Poland; rlpietrz@.pl Received 12 February 2010; revised 24 March 2010; accepted 7 April 2010. ABSTRACT Keywords: Reclamation; Scots Pine; Ecosystem; Macronutrients The aim of this study was to determine the sources, accumulation rate and relationships between macronutrients in reclaimed mine soils 1. INTRODUCTION (RMS) and aboveground plant biomass on exte- rnal slopes of lignite mines in central Poland. As is true in many contemporary environmental prob- The study was conducted on two different types lems, the rehabilitation of a drastically disturbed terres- of sites with 10-year-old Scots (Pinus sylvestris trial system, such as lands mined for coal and minerals, L.) pine stands located on Quaternary loamy sa- requires site-specific knowledge to ensure the reclama- nds (QLS) and on Tertiary acidic carboniferous tion strategies chosen will be sustainable [1-16]. In cen- sands following neutralisation (TCS). The con- tral Europe, a large proportion of post-mining landscapes are reclaimed to forest. trol plot was located in the same vicinity on an external slope in a natural pine ecosystem on a From an ecological point of view, reclamation is a pr- Haplic Podzo