Arid
DOI10.1007/s12517-017-2911-6
Will autogenic succession be sufficient to recover from vegetation cover loss or will soil condition need to be addressed in the arid lands of Kuwait?
Abdullah, Meshal M.1; Feagin, Rusty A.1; Abdullah, Mansour T.2; Al-Musawi, Layla3
通讯作者Abdullah, Meshal M.
来源期刊ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
ISSN1866-7511
EISSN1866-7538
出版年2017
卷号10期号:5
英文摘要

Intervention is often required for the restoration of damaged arid ecosystems, particularly when the base environmental conditions are no longer suitable for autogenic recovery. Umm Nigga, in Kuwait, was damaged by overgrazing and destructive camping. It is unclear whether its restoration will require remediation of the soil conditions, or whether autogenic succession can occur once the area is fenced and released from this pressure. Thus, in this project, we assessed the current condition of the site by collecting soil samples and vegetation assessment within each ecosystem and determined suitable locations for the re-vegetation of native seeds and seedlings using geographical information system. Our results showed that the vegetation in the coastal portions of the ecosystem was not damaged. However, in the desert ecosystem locations, vegetation cover was very low and composed of very few species in the damaged areas but still, most soil nutrients were in supply similar to that in the control areas. We conclude that soil remediation and re-vegetation are, likely, not necessary to restore the damaged sites in any of these ecosystems. Rather, fencing alone will probably release the ecosystem. With these sites as a model, a conceptual framework is presented for arid ecosystem assessment and restoration planning.


英文关键词Soil assessment Vegetation cover Ecosystem assessment Geographical information system (GIS) Kuwait
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA ; Scotland ; Kuwait
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000396886700016
WOS关键词RESTORATION ; ECOSYSTEMS ; DESERTIFICATION ; DEGRADATION ; INDICATORS ; EROSION ; MODELS ; LEGACY ; WATER ; AREA
WOS类目Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向Geology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/197465
作者单位1.Texas A&M Univ, Dept Ecosyst Sci & Management, College Stn, TX 77843 USA;
2.Univ Edinburgh, Inst Mol Plant Sci, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Midlothian, Scotland;
3.Kuwait Fdn Adv Sci KFAS, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Abdullah, Meshal M.,Feagin, Rusty A.,Abdullah, Mansour T.,et al. Will autogenic succession be sufficient to recover from vegetation cover loss or will soil condition need to be addressed in the arid lands of Kuwait?[J],2017,10(5).
APA Abdullah, Meshal M.,Feagin, Rusty A.,Abdullah, Mansour T.,&Al-Musawi, Layla.(2017).Will autogenic succession be sufficient to recover from vegetation cover loss or will soil condition need to be addressed in the arid lands of Kuwait?.ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES,10(5).
MLA Abdullah, Meshal M.,et al."Will autogenic succession be sufficient to recover from vegetation cover loss or will soil condition need to be addressed in the arid lands of Kuwait?".ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 10.5(2017).
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