Ecological investigation of rehabilitation studies at Etibakır (Küre/Kastamonu) open minning

In this study, the relationships between some soil properties and the growth of annual shoot length and mean height of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings were investigated in planted an open mining rehabilitation areas of Küre/Kastamonu. For this aim, a total of 60 pieces sacks and 500 cm3 sampled with cylinder in two different soil depths (0-20 cm and 20-50 cm) of 30 different sample plots were taken with selected sampling method within the rehabilitation areas of Eti Bakır Co. Küre enterprise. Some physical and chemical analyses were carried out in the laboratory using taken soil samples. In addition, annual shoot length and height increment for 30 different Scotch pine seedlings were measured in all sample plots and mean shoot length and mean height growth were calculated. Statistical analyses were conducted to reveal the effects of some physical and chemical properties of soils on average height increment and annual shoot length of the Scotch pine seedlings in the study area. As a result, interactions between seedling growth characteristics and physical and chemical properties of the land area of rehabilitation composed of masonry soil (Pinus sylverstris) were tried to displayed. Keywords: Open mining, rehabilitation, soil characteristics, ecological relationships, productivity, shoot length, site productivity.