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DOI | 10.1002/fee.1992 |
Persistent geophysical effects of mining threaten ridgetop biota of Appalachian forests | |
Maigret, Thomas A.1,2; Cox, John J.2; Yang, Jian C.2 | |
2019-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
ISSN | 1540-9295 |
EISSN | 1540-9309 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 17期号:2页码:85-91 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Surface coal mining can permanently alter the rugged topography of Appalachia, which plays an important role in creating and maintaining the structure, composition, and diversity of this North American region's ecological communities. We used remote-sensing datasets to characterize the past and future topographic impacts of surface coal mining on the mixed-mesophytic forests of eastern Kentucky. To provide context, we examined the consequences of widespread topographic rearrangement for an imperiled ridgetop-associated predator, the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus). We found that surface mining disproportionately impacts ridgetop habitats, causing large reductions in suitable habitat for C horridus, and most likely other ridgetop-dependent biota as well. Land permitted for surface mining is also concentrated in high topographic positions, and patterns of habitat loss are therefore likely to remain concentrated within these ecosystems. These permanent topographic shifts complicate restoration of pre-existing microhabitats, create homogenized landscapes, threaten long-term ecosystem health, and reduce the diversity of ecological communities. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000460098600007 |
WOS关键词 | CONTERMINOUS UNITED-STATES ; TIMBER RATTLESNAKE ; VEGETATION ; MINE ; COMPLETION ; PATTERNS ; MODEL |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/31966 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Kentucky, Dept Biol, Lexington, KY 40506 USA; 2.Univ Kentucky, Dept Forestry & Nat Resources, Lexington, KY 40506 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Maigret, Thomas A.,Cox, John J.,Yang, Jian C.. Persistent geophysical effects of mining threaten ridgetop biota of Appalachian forests[J]. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT,2019,17(2):85-91. |
APA | Maigret, Thomas A.,Cox, John J.,&Yang, Jian C..(2019).Persistent geophysical effects of mining threaten ridgetop biota of Appalachian forests.FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT,17(2),85-91. |
MLA | Maigret, Thomas A.,et al."Persistent geophysical effects of mining threaten ridgetop biota of Appalachian forests".FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 17.2(2019):85-91. |
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