Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1007/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
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ISSN | 1866-7511 |
EISSN | 1866-7538 |
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 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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