Soil and vegetation conditions changes following the different sand dune restoration measures on the Zoige Plateau

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Autoři: Jiufu Luo ^aff001; Dongzhou Deng ^aff003; Li Zhang ^aff004; Xinwei Zhu ^aff004; Dechao Chen ^aff003; Jinxing Zhou ^aff001
Působiště autorů: Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China ^aff001; Jianshui Research Field Station, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China ^aff002; Sichuan Academy of Forestry, Chengdu, China ^aff003; Sichuan Aba Forestry Science and Technology Research Institute, Wenchuan, China ^aff004
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216975

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Alpine sand dunes restoration is extremely difficult but important in the ecosystem restoration. Sand dunes are known as harsh soil and poor seed bank which freed from advantages on plants growth naturally. Effective restoration measures are required to guide the sand dune restoration. Here, indigenous grass (Elymus nutans) was sown in sand dune on the Zoige Plateau and treated with no sand barrier (CK) and environmental friendly materials including wicker sand barrier (wicker) and sandbag sand barrier (sandbag). The soil conditions were assessed by measuring the soil moisture and nutrients of the topsoil, and interspecific relationship and population niche were utilized to analyze the plant community structure variances among different restoration measures. Results showed that the soil and vegetation in the sand barriers measures were better than that in the CK. The soil moisture in the sandbag measure was 16.67% higher than that in the wicker measure. The nutrients content and microbial biomass were also the best in the sandbag measures. The ratio of strong association was the highest in the sandbag measure and the lowest in the CK, whereas the plants had the highest none association ratio in the CK. In addition, the average population niche overlap ranked by sandbag (0.39)>wicker (0.32)>CK (0.26). Thus, incorporation of sand barriers and indigenous grass seeding in alpine sand dunes could promote the sand dune restoration. And the sandbag measure showed a stronger improvement effect on the sand dune soil and vegetation conditions than the wicker measure.

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Biology and life sciences – Plant science – Organisms – Eukaryota – Plants – Grasses – Ecology and environmental sciences – Plant ecology – Ecology – Community ecology – Community structure – Soil science – Soil ecology – Plant anatomy – Ecological niches – Seeds – Environmental impacts – Plant communities – Vascular plants – Desertification

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