KMS Institute of soil and water conservation Chinese Academy of Sciences
| Nurse effects of patch-canopy microhabitats promote herbs community establishment in sandy land | |
| Rong Lu1; Jiyong Zheng1; Chao Jia1; Yu Liu1,2; Ze Huang1,2; Honghua He1; Fengpeng Han1; Gao-Lin Wu1,2; He, HH; Wu, GL (reprint author), Northwest A&F Univ, State Key Lab Soil Eros & Dryland Farming Loess P, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China. | |
| Subtype | Article |
| 2018 | |
| Source Publication | ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
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| ISSN | 0925-8574 |
| description.correspondentemail | honghuahe@ms.iswc.ac.cn ; wugaolin@nwsuaf.edu.cn |
| Volume | 118Pages:126-133 |
| Abstract | Seedling establishment mostly occurs beneath the canopies of shrubs which act as nurse plants. Nurse effects of patch-canopy soil microhabitats on seedling establishment of herbs were investigated by studying shrub patches in which the nurse species Artemisia ordosica was removed or kept in a comparative way. The results showed that keeping shrubs greatly increased soil moisture and soil organic carbon content, but greatly decreased soil temperature and soil bulk density. The herbs richness and individual numbers in patches with the canopy kept were significantly higher than those with the canopy removed (p < 0.05). Small shrub patches increased soil moisture and decreased the surface soil temperature more significantly than large shrub patches. Herbs richness and individual numbers in small shrub patches were significantly higher than those in large shrub patches (p < 0.05). The results suggested that small shrub patches, which acted as nurse plants, decreased soil temperature and soil bulk density, increased soil moisture, species richness and individual numbers under the canopies. Nurse plants can provide a favourable surface habitats for herbs in semi-arid sandy lands. |
| Keyword | Nurse Plant Vegetation Patches Soil Moisture Soil Temperature Richness Index |
| Subject Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Engineering |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.04.019 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Publication Place | PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000432518800014 |
| Publisher | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
| Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC41371282, 41722107, 41525003] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC41371282, 41722107, 41525003] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2011288] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2011288] ; Youth Talent Plan Foundation of Northwest A F University [2452018025] ; Youth Talent Plan Foundation of Northwest A F University [2452018025] |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.iswc.ac.cn/handle/361005/8206 |
| Collection | 水保所科研产出--SCI_2018--SCI |
| Corresponding Author | He, HH; Wu, GL (reprint author), Northwest A&F Univ, State Key Lab Soil Eros & Dryland Farming Loess P, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China. |
| Affiliation | 1.Northwest A&F Univ, State Key Lab Soil Eros & Dryland Farming Loess P, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 3.Minist Water Resource, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Rong Lu,Jiyong Zheng,Chao Jia,et al. Nurse effects of patch-canopy microhabitats promote herbs community establishment in sandy land[J]. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,2018,118:126-133. |
| APA | Rong Lu.,Jiyong Zheng.,Chao Jia.,Yu Liu.,Ze Huang.,...&Wu, GL .(2018).Nurse effects of patch-canopy microhabitats promote herbs community establishment in sandy land.ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,118,126-133. |
| MLA | Rong Lu,et al."Nurse effects of patch-canopy microhabitats promote herbs community establishment in sandy land".ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 118(2018):126-133. |
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