TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF VEGETATION ON COLLIERY SPOIL SITES

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LAND RECLAMATION OF COLLIERY SPOIL SITES.

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONTINUE WITH THE TWO MAIN LINES OF RESEARCH INITIATED IN 1979 AND SEEK TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF THE FINDINGS BY THE INCLUSION OF ONE FURTHER GROWING SEASON FROM WHICH AND OTHER EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS CAN BE OBTAINED. THIS EXTENSION IS SEEN AS CRITICAL TO A "MAINTENANCE-BASED" PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH.

THE TWO ASPECTS OF THE EXTENDED PROGRAMME WOULD BE:

A. A CONTINUATION OF THE STUDY OF LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY ON RECLAIMED SITES, WITH AND WITHOUT TOPSOIL, ON NATURALLY REVEGETATED COLLIERY SPOIL TIPS; THE RELATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FACTORS AND YIELD LEVELS. ANOTHER SEASON'S DATA WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THE PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY OF SITES REQUIRING DIFFERENT TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. THE EXISTING TRIAL SITES, AND THOSE ESTABLISHED IN 1979, WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED. NO FURTHER SITES WOULD BE ESTABLISHED AND THERE WOULD BE SOME SMALL REATIONALISATION OF SOME OF THE EXISTING SITES. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WOULD BE PAID IN THIS WORK TO THE PART LEGUMES PLAY IN SWARD DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE ON THE RANGE OF SITES.QUANTIFICATION OF LEVELS OF NITROGEN FIXATION WOULD BE INCLUDED;

B. FIELD TRIALS IN WHICH LOW MAINTENANCE GRASS CULTIVARS ARE INCLUDED WOULD BE CONTINUED TO ASCERTAIN THEIR LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE AFTER ESTABLISHMENT. THE STUDIES WOULD INCLUDE ASSESSMENT WITHIN PURE STANDS AND MIXTURES; AN EVALUATION OF SWARDS PRODUCED UNDER DIFFERENT REGIMES; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO FERTILISER APLLICATIONS.

Programm/Programme

PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985

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Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

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Finanzierungsplan

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Koordinator

University of York

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Adresse

Heslington -
YO1 5DD York
Vereinigtes Königreich

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