Ecological Engineering

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecological Engineering is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Cooperating for added value: Using participatory game theory in implementing nature-based flood defences217
Revegetation type affected soil C, N, P stocks and stoichiometry in a reclaimed mine area in Shanxi province, China100
Technosols made of urban wastes are suitable habitats for flora and soil macrofauna90
Spatiotemporal soil water storage variation comparison between newly formed and untreated gully land sites under a land restoration project and associated implications on land management68
Development of a full-scale cost effective mango peel biochar-sand filter based wastewater treatment chamber in Patharpratima in West Bengal67
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Effect of N addition and litter manipulation on plant community productivity in the semiarid sandy grassland63
Soil quality indicators are clearly plant species-specific: Implication for ecosystem management in a semi-arid landscape62
An ecological water replenishment model of urban lake riparian plant restoration based on the groundwater–vegetation interactions55
OpenFOAM vs FLOW-3D: A comparative study of vertical slot fishway modelling55
Evaluation of created wetlands as amphibian habitat on a reforested surface mine53
Response of earthworm communities to soil engineering and soil isolation in urban landscapes53
Effects of meteorological variables and substrate moisture on evapotranspiration and thermal performance of a green roof in a subtropical climate52
The role of limpets in biodiversity patterns and bioerosion on coastal infrastructure: Insights from Plymouth Breakwater51
Exploring key drivers of Chinese sturgeon spawning sites fragmentation in the Yangtze River: Insights into spawning window50
Assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of two fishways with vertical slot openings in an Alpine River (Toce River, northern Italy)48
The ecological benefits of adding topographic complexity to seawalls vary across estuarine gradients47
Survival and nutrient supply of seedlings of different tree species at the early stages of afforestation of a hard coal mine dump46
Forest eco-function restoration and its positive effects on biodiversity improvement in China's ecological conservation programs46
Performance evaluation of a channel rehabilitation project on the Lower Missouri River and implications for the dispersal of larval pallid sturgeon44
Biophysical simulation of wetland surface water flow to predict changing water availability in the Everglades43
Estimating phosphorus retention capacity of flow-through wetlands43
Characteristics of bacterial communities in a rural river water restored by ecological floating beds with Oenathe javanica43
The native - exotic plant choice in green roof design: Using a multicriteria decision framework to select plant tolerant species that foster beneficial arthropods42
A Bayesian modeling framework to predict stormwater pollutant reduction in bioretention media42
Vegetation recovery of rehabilitated pasture at three coal mine sites following fire disturbance42
Identification of optimum afforestation areas considering sustainable management of natural resources, using geo-environmental criteria41
Can cheniers protect mangroves along eroding coastlines? – The effect of contrasting foreshore types on mangrove stability40
Wildflower strips in the agroecosystem for pollinator biodiversity restoration: Which plant species are capable of self-seeding?40
Editorial: Pollutant dynamics and Wetlands (WETPOL 2023)39
The overall and phased nitrogen leaching from a field bioretention during rainfall runoff events39
The effectiveness of weed control in a threatened plant community: A grassland case study39
The impact of socioeconomic factors on vegetation restoration in karst regions: A perspective beyond climate and ecological engineering39
Plant nitrogen concentration is more sensitive in response to degradation than phosphorus concentration in alpine meadow38
Carbon supplementation and bioaugmentation to improve denitrifying woodchip bioreactor performance under cold conditions37
A review of the application of constructed wetlands (CWs) and their hydraulic, water quality and biological responses to changing hydrological conditions37
Assessment of the contribution of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to urban resilience: application to the case study of Porto37
Comparison of constructed wetlands and package type sequencing batch biological treatment plants in rural areas in terms of efficiency and cost in a full-scale example37
Identification of priority protected areas in Yellow River Basin and detection of key factors for its optimal management based on multi-scenario trade-off of ecosystem services36
Biodiversity of collembola on green roofs: A case study of three cities in Belgium36
Green walls: A form of constructed wetland in green buildings36
Occurrence and distribution of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a surface flow constructed wetland36
Replenishment characteristics of riparian debris baits to rivers and the response to flow35
The relationships between functional and physicochemical soil parameters in metal(loid) mine tailings from Mediterranean semiarid areas support the value of spontaneous vegetation colonization for phy34
Optimizing salt marsh restoration with context-dependent emergent trait mimicry and donor material selection33
Coping with wave effects: Plasticity in physiology and biomechanics of Suaeda salsa colonization in the Yellow River Delta33
Mechanisms and benefits of segmented eco-geotechnical measures for debris flow mitigation33
Impact of vegetation restoration on soil organic carbon fractions: A global meta-analysis31
Biodiversity loss caused by subsurface pipe drainage is difficult to restore31
Plant survival and growth in bioretention cells under a cold climate31
Does the high density of Psychotria shrubs in the understory influence the natural regeneration of trees?30
Enhancing the phytoremediation of petroleum-contaminated arid saline-alkali soil through irrigation-intercropping system combined with surfactants30
Performance and ecological impacts of benthic barriers for the control of an invasive plant in a small urban lake30
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Control performance of bioretention system on non-point source pollution in typical Chinese rural areas of Southeastern China29
Optimization schemes to significantly improve the upstream migration of fish: A case study in the lower Yangtze River basin29
Seasonal changes in tree foliage and litterfall composition at reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites28
Improving the integrated efficacy of ecosystem restoration efforts by linking land degradation neutrality to ecosystem service enhancement from a spatial association perspective28
Fish passage solution: European eel kinematics and behaviour in shear layer turbulent flows28
Application of multi-electron donor autotrophic denitrification (MEDAD) substrate in constructed wetlands for treating low carbon-to‑nitrogen ratio wastewater: A feasible framework28
A 20-year systematic review of wave dissipation by soft and hybrid nature-based solutions (NbS)27
Effects of intercropping peaches with Hylotelephium spectabile on Cd uptake, rhizosphere soil properties and phytoremediation efficiency27
Large-deformation simulations of root pull-out and breakage using material point method with a multi-level grid27
Biochar particle size and amendment rate are more important for water retention and weight of green roof substrates than differences in feedstock type27
Evaluation of treatment performance for one constructed wetland in a Swedish forest – A case study with emphasis on brownification mitigation27
Nature-based solutions for coastal dune restoration: The case study of AlgoBox in South Brittany, France27
A review on constructed wetlands in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China: Application in water treatment, problem, and practical solution27
Sustainable saltwater intrusion management in coastal aquifers under climatic changes for humid and hyper-arid regions26
Small-scale experiments: Using mesocosms and microcosms for testing hypotheses in treatment wetland research26
Settlement success of European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) on different types of hard substrate to support reef development in offshore wind farms26
Medium- and long-term independent contributions of climate change, management measures and land conversion to vegetation dynamics and inspiration for ecological restoration in Inner Mongolia, China26
Benthic invertebrate biodiversity enhancement with reef cubes®, evidenced by environmental DNA analysis of sediment samples26
Effect of surface area to catchment area ratio on pollutant removal efficiency in vegetation-type facilities26
Characterizing ambient nutrient concentrations and potential warning levels for surface water in natural forested wetlands in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA25
Reforestation improves vegetation coverage and biomass, but not spatial structure, on semi-arid mine dumps25
Pelletized inoculation of fire mosses in severely burned conifer forests overcomes initial barriers to Bryum argenteum establishment but does not increase cover25
Investigation of moss species selection and substrate for extensive green roofs25
Ecosystem service values support conservation and sustainable land development: Perspectives from four University of California campuses25
Vegetation restoration reduces the spatial heterogeneity of sediment transport in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, China24
The Prado Wetlands: 24 years of river diversion treatment wetlands reducing nitrate and phosphate while increasing an endangered bird24
The spatiotemporal development of two shellfish populations and their associated filtration capacity on a living shoreline near Milford, Delaware, USA24
Evaluation of water depth and inundation duration on Typha domingensis sustainability in the Everglades Stormwater treatment areas: A test cell study24
Limiting burrowing activity and overland dispersal of the invasive alien red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii by sophisticated design of watercourses24
Screening of perfluoroalkyl substances and their environmental impact in sequencing batch reactors combined with nature-based solutions24
New practices of land-sea coordination in coastal zone ecological security integration: A case study of Nantong23
Effects of long-term management measures on soil enzyme activity and microbial nutrient dynamics in an arid environment: A case study from the Southern Taklimakan Desert23
Direct evidence indicates that revegetation improves organic carbon limitation in sediment denitrification in a eutrophic headwater river23
Some like it dirty: Less frequent nursery cleaning can reduce reef restoration costs with limited negative effects on coral performance23
Modelling the recovery time from peak loads in a full-scale horizontal flow wetland in Sicily23
Temporal efficiencies of soil bioengineering techniques to mitigate geo-hydrological risks23
Use of reed stalk trap nests by insects within the reed beds and in nearby steppic habitats23
Evaluation of horizontally and vertically aligned bar racks for guiding downstream moving juvenile chub (Squalius cephalus) and barbel (Barbus barbus)22
A risk-based energy-structure balance development model for restoring the sustainability of energy-economy-ecological complex system22
Differential impacts of functional traits across 65 plant species on PM retention in the urban environment22
A large-scale passage evaluation for multiple fish species: Lessons from 82 fishways in lowland rivers and brooks22
The effect of aboveground biomass harvesting on nutrients removal in a constructed wetland treating municipal sewage22
Vegetation cover change and restoration potential in the Ziwuling Forest Region, China22
Revitalizing coastal saline-alkali soil with biochar application for improved crop growth22
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Flow reduction effect on fish habitat below water diversion—A case study of the Central Yunnan Water Diversion Project21
Corrigendum to “A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration” [Ecological Engineering 198 (2024) 107143]21
Response of sown herbaceous forb mixtures suitable for aesthetic improvement and vegetation management at archaeological sites of the Mediterranean region21
Comparison of the interest of four types of organic mulches to reclaim degraded areas (Part 2): Microbial activities and abiotic factors21
Effects of ultramafic topsoil stockpiling during mine activities on its microbial diversity and other microbiological and physicochemical characteristics21
Improving footprint-based water use efficiency through planting structure optimization21
Classification of grasses in the Mpumalanga coalfields region and assessment of their suitability to increase the pH of acid mine drainage, for potential use in passive acid mine drainage remediation 21
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Spatial heterogeneity of urbanization impacts on ecosystem services in the urban agglomerations along the Yellow River, China21
Zonal gaming and overall enhancement of ecosystem services: A case from the compound area of mine-city and agriculture-forestry-grass in loess region, China21
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Biodiversity assessment in a floating treatment wetland established in a stormwater pond20
Structural characteristics and spatial heterogeneity of vegetation and below-ground habitat during the long-term succession of ecosystems in mining areas20
Predicting the distribution of critically endangered tree species Karomia gigas under climate change in Tanzania20
Recovery assessment for earthquake-induced landslides in Central Taiwan: Changes, patterns, and mechanisms20
‘Eco-unit services’: Positive and negative ecological services provided by seawall enhancement units20
Stream restoration and ecosystem functioning in lowland streams20
Evaluation of the impact of ecological poplar retreat on the net primary productivity of Lake Wetland20
The process and driving mechanism of abandoned terraces in mountain region at the watershed scale20
Rest grazing start from the critical period of soil thawing optimizes plant community characteristics and grassland grazing capacity in alpine meadows20
Multivariate global agricultural drought frequency analysis using kernel density estimation20
The effects of cold frozen conditions on nitrogen removal and transformation in wetlands purifying wastewater: Insights from combined full- and pilot-scale observations20
Recommended parameter combination of free water surface flow constructed wetlands based on seasonal fluctuation of hydraulic performance and purification effect19
Combination of plant species and water depth enhance soil quality in near-natural restoration of reclaimed wetland19
Studies on the dynamic boundary of the fresh-salt water interaction zone of estuary wetland in the Yellow River Delta19
Direct Seeding achieves rehabilitation objectives for an operational sand mine in Southeast Queensland: A case study19
Exploring the post-harvest ‘window of vulnerability’ to landslides in New Zealand steepland plantation forests18
Impacts of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) straw mulch on post-fire soil erosion and ground vegetation recovery in a strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) stand18
Effects of paludiculture products on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural peatlands18
Introduction to a special issue: Trend and status of restoration of wetlands and water resources in Korea18
Restoration of montane heathlands – Early- and mid-successional stages promote phytodiversity18
Corrigendum to “Impacts of exotic weed invasion on surface runoff and sediment yield in Eucalyptus plantations on slopes in Central Yunnan, SW China” [Ecological Engineering 204 (2024) 107285]18
Fraction distribution and bioavailability of soil heavy metals under different planting patterns in mangrove restoration wetlands in Jinjiang, Fujian, China18
Peatland gully restoration with stone and timber dams (Kinder Plateau, UK)18
Corrigendum to “Use of decomposition products of Pontederia crassipes Mart., Solms (water yacinth for inhibition of cyanobacteria growth A full-scale study” [Ecological Engineering (2023) 107098 /196]18
The effectiveness of a fish-friendly pumping station for critically endangered European eel; An assessment using live eels, fish-mounted sensors and passive sensors18
Corrigendum to “Ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems in India: Science and practices” [Ecological Engineering 182 (2022) 106708]18
Performance of hybrid-constructed floating treatment wetlands in purifying urban river water: A field study17
Ensemble modelling enables identification of suitable sites for habitat restoration of threatened biodiversity under climate change: A case study of Himalayan Trillium17
Comparative geotechnical analysis of slope stabilization through conventional, soil and water bioengineering, and combined solutions17
Applying ecological principles to maximize resistance to invasion in restored plant communities17
Variation of runoff between southern and northern China and their attribution in the Qinling Mountains, China17
The effects of wave exposure and host cover on coral-associated fauna of a centuries-old artificial reef in the Caribbean17
Characterization of soil properties and crop physiological changes in reclaimed mining areas with different reclamation years17
The corrosiveness of artificial soil may lead to the collapse of eco-engineering projects on rock slopes in mining areas17
Ecological restoration after management of invasive alien plants17
Potential of different buffer zones as nature-based solutions to mitigate agricultural runoff nutrients in the subtropics17
Damage mechanisms of small-to-medium-scale mines on ecological networks at watershed scale and systematic nature-based mine restoration pathways17
Nitrogen removal of mine-influenced water in a hybrid bioreactor with floating hook-moss (Warnstorfia fluitans) in cold climate conditions17
Effects of a cascade reservoir system on runoff and sediment yields in a River Basin of southwestern China17
Plant suitability for floating treatment wetland applications in brackish waters17
The effects of coastal marsh geometry and surge scales on water level attenuation17
Plant functional traits and viewer characteristics co-regulate cultural services provisioning by stormwater bioretention17
Spatial-temporal evolution and driving forces of provincial carbon footprints in China: An integrated EE-MRIO and WA-SDA approach17
Denitrifying bioreactor woodchip sourcing guidance based on physical and hydraulic properties17
Responses of soil labile organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities to long-term vegetation restorations in the karst ecosystems, Southwest China17
Effects of rice husk biochar on rill detachment capacity in deforested hillslopes17
Potential of indigenous plant species for phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated water and soil17
Systematic review and meta-analysis of Salix vs. Phragmites australis constructed wetlands17
The importance of floodplain width on hydraulic variability and aquatic-riparian habitat in semi-confined, regulated river systems17
Revealing the long-term impacts of plant invasion and reclamation on native saltmarsh vegetation in the Yangtze River estuary using multi-source time series remote sensing data16
Comprehensive study of the hydrodynamic effects of weirs installed in the bypass of bar rack systems to better guide downstream migrating fish16
Short-term effects of substrate surface structure on macroinvertebrates community structure and functional characteristics16
An approach to classify areas for appropriate rainfall-runoff risk management: A case study in Drevenica basin, Slovakia16
Corrigendum to ‘Design of fascines for riverbank protection in Alpine rivers: insight from flume experiments’ Ecological Engineering 138C (2019) 554916
Prescribed fire and soil mulching with fern in Mediterranean forests: Effects on surface runoff and erosion16
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Influence of the outflow from constructed wetlands on selected streams draining the agricultural landscape at the end of summer16
Is it possible to grow a typical riparian species in iron ore tailings?16
Adopting cost-effective restoration portfolios for multi-objective ecosystem service optimization: A case study from Northern Shaanxi, China16
Corrigendum to “Riparian vegetation surveys for roughness estimation” [Ecological Engineering volume 209 (December 2024) 107414]16
Variation of mean flow and turbulence characteristics within canopies of restored intertidal oyster reefs as a function of restoration age16
Cognitive bias in decision making about development permits for living shorelines: The case of wetlands boards in Virginia localities16
The impact of restoration of Lithuanian peatlands on the economic value of certain ecosystem services16
Assessment of restoration success in a transplanted seagrass bed based on isotopic niche metrics16
Are riparian buffer strips effective for nutrient retention under cold frozen conditions?16
Acorn germination and oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) seedling development dramatically affected by spatial position of maternal trees from Ilam gas refinery, Iran16
A mechanistic understanding of the nitrification sand layer performance in a nitrogen removing biofilter (NRB) treating onsite wastewater16
Responses of soil biochemical and microbial properties to vegetation combinations of quarry restoration strategies in mountainous areas in China16
Modelling wave attenuation by saltmarsh using satellite-derived vegetation properties16
Effect of grazing exclusion on ecosystem services dynamics, trade-offs and synergies in Northern Tibet16
Mining in the Amazon: Importance, impacts, and challenges to restore degraded ecosystems. Are we on the right way?15
Are infiltration swales all-rounders? An interdisciplinary field study on multifunctionality15
Assessing the effects of nurse shrubs, sink patches and plant water-use strategies for the establishment of late-successional tree seedlings in Mediterranean reclaimed mining hillslopes15
Aboveground wetland vegetation growth responses to simulated sediment diversion inundation scenarios15
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Land-use changes concerning the riparian vegetation in Galela Lake, North Maluku, Indonesia15
Modelling fish habitat influenced by sediment flushing operations from an Alpine reservoir15
Spatiotemporal dynamics and evolution relationships between land-use/land cover change and landscape pattern in response to rapid urban sprawl process: A case study in Wuhan, China15
Performance of carbon and nitrogen removal in a system combining an aerobic trickling filter followed by two stages of vertical flow treatment wetland15
Topsoil carbon sequestration of vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau15
Changes in soil profile temperature, moisture content, and CO2 concentration during the initial stages of natural vegetation restoration of abandoned farmland in karst regions15
Acoustic camera and net surveys reveal that nursery enhancement at living shorelines may be restricted to the marsh platform15
The type of soil amendment during farming affects the restorability of peatlands15
Combined management of olive mill wastewater and compost in olive grove: Effects on soil chemical properties at different layers depth15
Challenges and avenues for acid mine drainage treatment, beneficiation, and valorisation in circular economy: A review15
Giant reed from wetlands as a potential resource for biomethane production15
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Trend and status of the NSFC funded projects for constructed wetlands in the last decade in China15
Increasing the resistance of Mediterranean extensive green roofs by using native plants from old roofs and walls15
Restoration of degraded areas after bauxite mining in the eastern Amazon: Which method to apply?14
Species selection for optimizing mine land rehabilitation: Integrating functional traits with the minimum set prioritization technique14
Assessing primary vegetation recovery from earthquake-induced landslide scars: A real-time kinematic unmanned aerial vehicle approach14
Differential effects of mangrove cover and engineered structures on benthic macrofauna and nekton assemblages in hybrid living shorelines14
Soil and Water Bioengineering (SWBE) in Africa: First experience and lessons-learned in Burundi14
Dredge-material created coastal marshes are more effective at improving water quality than natural marshes in early-stage development14
The influence of successional stage on local odonate communities in man-made standing waters14
Constant carbon dosing of a pilot-scale denitrifying bioreactor to improve nitrate removal from agricultural tile drainage14
Effect of using construction and demolition waste as substrate on methane and carbon dioxide emissions from green roofs14
Assessment of wetland sustainability capacity of artificial mangrove wetland on landscape scale: A case of Luoyangjiang River Estuary, China14
Lake pollution control and restoration: A critical review of strategies and measures for plateau lakes in Southwestern China14
Optimization of fishway attraction flow based on endemic fish swimming performance and hydraulics14
Post-treatment of an aerated facultative pond with constructed wetland: First two years of operation in a dairy industry14
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The effect of artificial reef design on the attraction of herbivorous fish and on coral recruitment, survival and growth14
Effects of different soil amendments on dredged sediment improvement and impact assessment on reed planting14
Impacts of forestland vegetation restoration on soil moisture content in humid karst region: A case study on a limestone slope14
Nutrient retention of newly restored wetlands receiving agricultural runoff in a temperate region of North America14
Passive restoration considerably improved the community structure, soil health and carbon stock in the Pine forests of Kashmir Himalaya, India14
Soil erosion control in tree plantations on steep slopes: Runoff water and sediment trapping efficiency of riparian grass buffer in mountainous humid tropics14
Habitat change and interspecific associations mediate the response of riparian ground-dwelling arthropod assemblages to flooding in the Three Gorges Reservoir14
Fire-sensitive and threatened plants in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, Brazil: Identifying priority areas for Integrated Fire Management and ecological restoration13
Intertidal seawall communities in Singapore: Are they all one and the same?13
Plant and fauna biodiversity benefits from the combination of reclaimed and unreclaimed sites in heaps after uranium mining13
Analysis of changes before and after forest fires with LAI, NDVI and ET time series: Focusing on major forest fires in Korea13
Field-scale artificial floating islands reduces cyanotoxin from residential raw sewage treatment basin13
Effects of terracing with Platycladus orientalis plantations on water budget in the dryland of Loess Plateau in China13
Cobble substrate in a surface bypass reduces bypass acceptance by common roach Rutilus rutilus13
An efficient fish migration modeling method integrating the random forest and Eulerian–Lagrangian–agent method for vertical slot fishways13
Overstorey-understorey interactions reveal trade-offs for achieving competing land-use goals in jarrah forest restored after bauxite mining: Initial prescription and targets affect restoration success13
Dynamics of self-regulatory processes in a lowland river due to seasonal changes in certain hydro-ecological and water quality factors13
Stormwater treatment areas of the Florida Everglades ecosystem: Science and applications – Everglades STAs special issue13
Seed ecology enlightens restoration of endemic species: A case study of Actaea kashmiriana from the Himalaya13
Different responses to artificial ventilation in two stratified coastal basins13
Phylogenetic and functional diversity consistently increase engineered ecosystem functioning under nitrogen enrichment: The example of green roofs13
Understanding how forest ecosystem services are affected by conservation practices and differences in elevation: A study in the Arasbaran biosphere reserve, Iran13
Hydrodynamic modeling to evaluate the influence of inland navigation channel training works on fish habitats in the Upper Yellow River13
Optimizing fish-friendly flow pattern in vertical slot fishway based on fish swimming capability validation13
Revegetation of Elymus grasses suppresses invasive Rhamnus cathartica in deciduous forest understories13
Contrasting two urban wetland parks created for improving habitat and downstream water quality13
Nursery habitat use by juvenile blue crabs in created and natural fringing marshes13
Analysis of vegetation resistance based on two typical distribution types in ecological channel13
Plant diversity and ecological potential of naturally colonizing vegetation for ecorestoration of fly ash disposal area12
Design, implementation, and evaluation of a short rotation coppice system for wastewater treatment and resource recovery in India12
Ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems in India: Science and practices12
Evaluation of arsenic remediation, morphological and biochemical response by Vetiveria zizanoides L. plants grown on artificially arsenic contaminated soil: A field study12
Evaluation of the impact of aquatic-animal excretion on nutrient recycling and retention in stormwater treatment wetlands12
Ecological indicators of forest regeneration in areas of Araucaria Forest in South Brazil12
Primary succession of microbial community and natural pedogenic process in two abandoned red mud depositories12
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