Many wetlands harbour highly diverse biological communities and provide extensive
ecosystem services; however, these important ecological features are being altered …

Coal resources play a strategic role in long-term development in China. However,
underground mining activities in high groundwater table areas result in dramatic land use …

Insects do not live in isolation. They interact with the abiotic environment and are major
components of the terrestrial and freshwater biotic milieus. They are crucial to so many …

Study on the ecological cumulative effect (ECE) in mining area is an effective way to
understand the impact of long-term coal mining on the ecological environment. However, the …

As a group of freshwater invertebrates, dragonflies (Odonata) are commonly used as
ecological indicators of freshwater ecosystems. Despite earlier studies suggesting that adult …

Many studies have reported a negative impact of freshwater habitat modification on biota.
Nevertheless, some man-made water bodies have proven to be valuable for biodiversity …

Continuous coal mining results in dramatic regional land use change, and significantly
influences the sustainable development of coal resource-based cities. Present studies pay …

Although numerous studies of several terrestrial groups have revealed high conservation
potential of post-industrial sites, freshwater habitats in post-mining sites still remain little …

Despite the ecological value of unreclaimed post-mining areas, in the Czech Republic,
however, rigorous technical reclamation still prevails. Such an approach usually leads to a …

Post‐mining freshwater habitats can serve as secondary habitats for threatened species.
Being globally plentiful, their efficient restoration should be based on detailed evidence …