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cje ›› 2005, Vol. ›› Issue (2): 181-186.

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Advances in ecological restoration of quarry escarpment

YANG Bingbing, XIA Hanping, HUANG Juan, LIU Chunchang   

  1. South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
  • Received:2003-12-21 Revised:2004-04-08 Online:2005-02-10

Abstract: Stone quarrying always results in severe damage to the environment,vegetation and landscape.Quarry revegetation,especially revegetation of escarpments is a world known difficult problem,which has not been solved successfully.Based on comprehensive analysis of the characteristics of quarries and escarpments,this paper reviewed some advanced methods and techniques for ecological restoration of quarries developed in recent years,and summarized the advantages and disadvantages of each method.Some suggestions to improve the management of quarries restoration were also put forward for offering assistance to seek more reasonable,economical and efficient methods and techniques.

Key words: Allelochemical, Substitute, Interactive effect, Synergistic, Antagonistic

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