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DOI	10.1111/rec.12704
	The use of branch piles to assist in the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes
	Castillo-Escriva, Andreu 1; Lopez-Iborra, German M.1; Cortina, Jordi 1; Tormo, Jaume 1,2
通讯作者	Castillo-Escriva, Andreu
来源期刊	RESTORATION ECOLOGY
ISSN	1061-2971
EISSN	1526-100X
出版年	2019
卷号	27 期号:1 页码:102-108
英文摘要	Desertification is a major environmental problem in arid and semiarid regions. Tree plantation has been commonly employed to foster the recovery of degraded areas. However, this technique is costly, and their outcomes are often uncertain. Therefore, we evaluated an alternative method for the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes that involved the construction of branch piles to attract frugivores as potential seed-dispersing birds, promoting seed rain, and fostering the formation of woody patches. We measured the success of branch piles in terms of the number of bird visits and seed input compared to naturally occurring shrub patches. Generally, frugivorous birds visited branch piles less frequently than shrub patches. Yet, branch piles accumulated seeds of patch-forming shrub species. Seed rain was higher under patches of the dominant shrub Rhamnus lycioides than under branch piles. In contrast, woody patches and branch piles did not differ in seed input of the less abundant Pistacia lentiscus shrub. Our study demonstrates that branch piles are used by frugivorous birds and accumulate seeds of patch-forming shrubs. Branch piles may be a suitable method to promote the expansion of bird-dispersed plant species and restore semiarid wooded steppes. However, their efficiency largely depends on pile persistence and economic cost.
英文关键词	branch pile desertification fleshy-fruited species frugivorous birds seed dispersal semiarid land
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Spain
开放获取类型	Green Published, Green Accepted
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000456983000013
WOS关键词	BIRD ; SHRUB ; ESTABLISHMENT ; DYNAMICS ; IMPACT ; PLANTS ; RAIN
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218449
作者单位	1.Univ Alicante, IMEM Ramon Margalef, Dept Ecol, Apartado 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain; 2.Univ Zaragoza, Inst Invest Ciencias Ambientales IUCA, Technol Coll, Dept Agr & Environm Sci, Ctra Cuarte S-N, E-22071 Zaragoza, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Castillo-Escriva, Andreu,Lopez-Iborra, German M.,Cortina, Jordi,et al. The use of branch piles to assist in the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes[J],2019,27(1):102-108.
APA	Castillo-Escriva, Andreu,Lopez-Iborra, German M.,Cortina, Jordi,&Tormo, Jaume.(2019).The use of branch piles to assist in the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes.RESTORATION ECOLOGY,27(1),102-108.
MLA	Castillo-Escriva, Andreu,et al."The use of branch piles to assist in the restoration of degraded semiarid steppes".RESTORATION ECOLOGY 27.1(2019):102-108.