Soil Seed Bank and Plant Community Development in Passive Restoration of Degraded Sandy Grasslands
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Field Site
2.2. Sampling Design and Procedure
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Soil Seed Bank Recovery
3.2. Plant Recovery
3.3. Restoration Effects on IS Values
4. Discussion
4.1. Soil Seed Bank Recovery
4.2. Plant Recovery
4.3. Similarity in Species Composition between the Soil Seed Bank and Vegetation
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Family | Soil Seed Bank | Vegetation | ||||||
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S0 | S4 | S7 | S12 | S0 | S4 | S7 | S12 | ||
Aristida adscensionis | Poaceae | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Artemisia arenaria | Compositae | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − |
Atraphaxis bracteata | Polygonaceae | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Agriophyllum squarrosum | Amaranthaceae | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − |
Bassia dasyphylla | Amaranthaceae | − | − | − | + | + | − | + | + |
Chenopodium acuminatum | Amaranthaceae | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
Corispermum candelabrum | Amaranthaceae | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Cuscuta chinensis | Convolvulaceae | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + |
Caragana microphylla | Leguminosae | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | + |
Carduus nutans | Compositae | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | + |
Cleistogenes squarrosa | Poaceae | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
Cynanchum thesioides | Apocynaceae | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
Chloris virgata | Poaceae | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
Diarthron linifolium | Thymelaeaceae | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | − |
Digitaria sanguinalis | Poaceae | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
Echinops gmelinii | Compositae | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − |
Euphorbia humifusa | Euphorbiaceae | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
Eragrostis minor | Poaceae | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
Hedysarum fruticosum | Leguminosae | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − |
Lespedeza davurica | Leguminosae | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | + |
Lactuca indica | Compositae | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
Rochelia leiosperma | Boraginaceae | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
Salsola ruthenica | Amaranthaceae | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
Setaria viridis | Poaceae | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Tribulus terrestris | Zygophyllaceae | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − |
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Miao, R.; Song, Y.; Sun, Z.; Guo, M.; Zhou, Z.; Liu, Y. Soil Seed Bank and Plant Community Development in Passive Restoration of Degraded Sandy Grasslands. Sustainability 2016, 8, 581. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8060581
Miao R, Song Y, Sun Z, Guo M, Zhou Z, Liu Y. Soil Seed Bank and Plant Community Development in Passive Restoration of Degraded Sandy Grasslands. Sustainability. 2016; 8(6):581. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8060581
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiao, Renhui, Yongheng Song, Zhaolin Sun, Meixia Guo, Zhenxing Zhou, and Yinzhan Liu. 2016. "Soil Seed Bank and Plant Community Development in Passive Restoration of Degraded Sandy Grasslands" Sustainability 8, no. 6: 581. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8060581