| Differences in soil water and nutrients under catchment afforestation and natural restoration shape herbaceous communities on the Chinese Loess Plateau | |
| Dang, Han1,7; Li, Jiahao2; Xu, Jinshi3; Chu, Guangchen1; Zhang, Jing1,4,7; Yu, Yunlong1,6; Jin, Zhao1,5,7 | |
| Corresponding Author | Jin, Zhao(jinzhao@ieecas.cn) |
| 2022-02-01 | |
| Source Publication | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
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| ISSN | 0378-1127 |
| Volume | 505Pages:10 |
| Abstract | The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is one of the areas with the most serious soil erosion worldwide. Vegetation restoration is the main way to control soil erosion and combat land degradation in this region. Using the methods of afforestation and natural restoration, there are large differences in the diversity pattern and community structure of the herbaceous plants, which affects the ecological security and restoration effectiveness. However, current studies are often less focused on this aspect, or only woody plants are considered. In this study, two adjacent catchments with similar geological backgrounds but different restoration methods on the CLP were selected; one catchment was subject to afforestation, and the other was subject to natural grassland revegetation. To clarify the environmental causes of the different performances of the herbaceous communities under these two restoration methods, the functional traits and species diversity patterns of the herbaceous plants, soil physicochemical properties and topographic factors in the two catchments were investigated. The results showed that there were significant differences in the functional traits of the herbaceous communities between these two different restoration methods. Natural restoration produced a significantly higher diversity of herbaceous plants than did afforestation. Differences in soil water, nitrate nitrogen and rapidly available phosphorus contents between the two catchments were the key reasons for the functional traits and diversity differences between the herbaceous communities. Moreover, we found that hillslopes and gullies showed different patterns in water related functional traits, especially in the naturally restored catchment, which was probably caused by the soil water differences in these two landforms. The results of this study can help us better understand the diversity patterns of herbaceous communities under the measures of natural and artificial vegetation restoration on the CLP. |
| Keyword | Vegetation restoration Soil factor Topographic factor Species diversity Semiarid loess region |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119925 |
| WOS Keyword | FUNCTIONAL TRAITS ; VEGETATION RESTORATION ; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ; ROBINIA-PSEUDOACACIA ; MOISTURE DECLINE ; PATTERNS ; DIVERSITY ; FOREST ; PLANTS ; DISTRIBUTIONS |
| Indexed By | SCI ; SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41790444] ; Strategic Priority Research Pro-gram of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB40000000] ; National Key Research and Development Projects[2017YFD0800502] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2018 M643715] ; Shaanxi Science and technology program[2020JQ-580] |
| WOS Research Area | Forestry |
| Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Pro-gram of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Key Research and Development Projects ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ; Shaanxi Science and technology program |
| WOS Subject | Forestry |
| WOS ID | WOS:000746614500004 |
| Publisher | ELSEVIER |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/17391 |
| Collection | 生态环境研究室 第四纪科学与全球变化卓越创新中心 |
| Corresponding Author | Jin, Zhao |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 2.Northwest Univ, Sch Urban & Environm Sci, Xian 710127, Peoples R China 3.Northwest Univ, Sch Life Sci, Xian 710069, Peoples R China 4.Xian Inst Earth Environm Innovat, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 5.CAS Ctr Excellence Quaternary Sci & Global Change, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 6.Hangzhou Dianzi Univ, Chinese Acad Sci & Educ Evaluat, Hangzhou 310018, Peoples R China 7.Natl Observat & Res Stn Earth Crit Zone Loess Pla, Xian 710061, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Dang, Han,Li, Jiahao,Xu, Jinshi,et al. Differences in soil water and nutrients under catchment afforestation and natural restoration shape herbaceous communities on the Chinese Loess Plateau[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2022,505:10. |
| APA | Dang, Han.,Li, Jiahao.,Xu, Jinshi.,Chu, Guangchen.,Zhang, Jing.,...&Jin, Zhao.(2022).Differences in soil water and nutrients under catchment afforestation and natural restoration shape herbaceous communities on the Chinese Loess Plateau.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,505,10. |
| MLA | Dang, Han,et al."Differences in soil water and nutrients under catchment afforestation and natural restoration shape herbaceous communities on the Chinese Loess Plateau".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 505(2022):10. |
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