Spontaneous succession in limestone quarries as an effective restoration tool for endangered arthropods and plants

Abstract

1. The view of post-mining sites is rapidly changing among ecologists and conservationists, as sensitive restoration using spontaneous succession may turn such sites into biodiversity refuges in human-exploited regions.

Keywords

• Human-disturbed habitats
• vegetation succession
• calcareous grasslands
• technical reclamation
• coleoptera carabidae
• united-kingdom
• central-europe
• communities
• landscape
• conservation