Munshower 1993

Munshower (1993)

• Munshower, F. F. 1993. Practical Handbook of Disturbed Land Revegetation. 265 pp. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • References
• Chapter 1. Soil parameters that directly affect plant establishment and development on disturbed lands
  • Hydrogen ion concentration
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Sodium in soils
  • Organic matter
  • Texture and structure
  • Bulk density and porosity
  • Cation exchange capacity
  • Other soil tests
  • References
• Chapter 2. Plant and soil elemental chemistry
  • Macronutrients
    • Nitrogen
    • Phosphorus
    • Potassium
    • Clacium
    • Magnesium
    • Sulfur
  • Trace elements
    • Aluminum
    • Arsenic
    • Boron
    • Cadmium
    • Chlorine
    • Copper
    • Iron
    • Lead
    • Manganese
    • Mercury
    • Molybdenum
    • Nickel
    • Selenium
    • Sodium
    • Zinc
  • References
• Chapter 3. Site preparation
  • Recontouring
    • Slope reconstruction
    • Integrity of drainage basins
  • Topsoiling
  • Surface manipulation
    • Standard farming techniques
    • Nontypical seedbed preparation
  • Amendments
    • Fertilizers
      • Nitrogen fertilization
      • Phosphorus fertilization
      • Potassium fertilization
      • Fertilizer mechanics
    • Mulches and organic amendments
      • Paper
      • Wood residues
      • Straw
      • Native hay
      • Stubble mulch
      • Erosion control blankets
      • Manure
      • Green manure
      • Compost
      • Sewage sludge
      • Lime
      • Sodic soil amendments
  • Irrigation
  • References
• Chapter 4. Seeding and planting
  • Seedbed preparation
  • Seed mixes
    • Plant species selection
    • Seed rates
  • Seeding techniques
    • Drill seeding
    • Broadcast seeding
  • Seeding legumes
  • Seeding temporary stabilizing pecies
  • Season of seeding
  • Planting
    • Whole plants
    • Plant parts
    • Special planting techniques
    • Planting failure
  • References
• Chapter 5. Special reclamation practices to enhance vegetation diversity and usefulness
  • Community diversity
  • Landscape diversity
    • Variable depth topsoiling
    • Bluff extensions
    • Impoundments
    • Inplace spoil ridges
    • Rock ledges
  • References
• Chapter 6. Applied revegetation techniques for common disturbances
  • Western coal mining
  • Metal mine wastes
    • Open pit
    • Waste rock
    • Access roads
    • Tailings
  • Western phosphate mining
  • Western bentonite mining
  • Sand and gravel pits
  • Highway shoulders
  • Ash disposal ponds
  • Drill pads
  • Abandoned mine lands (AML)
  • References
• Appendix. Plant species commonly used in revegetatioin programs
  • References
• Index