Study results of vegetation emergence and formation in depleted crushed stone quarries in Krasnoyarsk Krai

Abstract

The article presents the results of long-Term environmental monitoring of young ecosystems. formed in active and abandoned crushed stone quarries. Pine stem part average annual growth values are established, and the main factors effect on this indicator are investigated. Pine growth annual rates dependence on quarries non-mining flanks geographical orientation and thickness of humus containing productive technogenic mix, deposited on quarries interstation sites arboreal and shrub vegetation are presented. © Ugol - Russian Coal Journal, 2018.