“…As a result, landforms affect distribution, growth and diversity of biota. The relationships between landform attributes and ecological patterns are well demonstrated in published literature (Swanson et al, 1988, Larkin et al, 2006, Solon et al, 2007, Ott and van Aarde, 2014. In light of this, this research aims to investigate if the post-mine rehabilitation landscape exhibits relationships between landform heterogeneity and ecological patterns similar to those observed in natural landscapes.…”