干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Micro-Climatic Amelioration in a California Desert: Artificial Shelter Versus Shrub Canopy

Arid

DOI	10.12911/22998993/126875
	Micro-Climatic Amelioration in a California Desert: Artificial Shelter Versus Shrub Canopy
	Ghazian, Nargol; Zuliani, Mario; Lortie, Christopher J.
通讯作者	Ghazian, N
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
ISSN	2299-8993
出版年	2020
卷号	21 期号:8 页码:216-228
英文摘要	Anthropogenic factors such as climate change, land use, urbanization, alongside the spread of invasive species are some of the challenges impacting the arid and semi-arid regions globally. The canopy of many native plants including shrubs and trees not only provides refuge from predators for some animals but also offers a shelter from climatic stressors for other plants. The canopy of native vegetation can thus be a microhabitat critical to the persistence of many species locally, and it is vital to better understand its importance for the conservation and recovery of species in these landscapes. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that triangular and rectangular artificial canopies function similarly to the canopy of resident native shrubs when ameliorating the understory micro-climate. Three light permeabilities including 15%, 50%, and 90% were tested by measuring soil and air temperature with light relative to paired open gap (non-canopied) microsites and shrubs. Shelters offered more stable temperatures and reduction in light compared to the open gap and were not significantly different from established native shrubs. This suggests that this simple, affordable intervention can provide a stop-gap solution that approximates natural heterogeneity in climate at fine scales and offers a refuge whilst managers and stakeholders restore native vegetation such as slow-growing and difficult to establish shrubs within this ecosystem.
英文关键词	climate change micro-climate temperature solar radiation shelter conservation restoration
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000576800000008
WOS关键词	LEAF-AREA INDEX ; CONCEPTUAL-FRAMEWORK ; SPECIES-DIVERSITY ; VEGETATION ; FACILITATION ; LIZARD ; HETEROGENEITY ; CONSERVATION ; ECOLOGY ; INTERFERENCE
WOS类目	Engineering, Environmental
WOS研究方向	Engineering
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/334652
作者单位	[Ghazian, Nargol; Zuliani, Mario; Lortie, Christopher J.] York Univ, Dept Biol Sci, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada; [Lortie, Christopher J.] Natl Ctr Ecol Anal & Synth NCEAS, 735 State St 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ghazian, Nargol,Zuliani, Mario,Lortie, Christopher J.. Micro-Climatic Amelioration in a California Desert: Artificial Shelter Versus Shrub Canopy[J],2020,21(8):216-228.
APA	Ghazian, Nargol,Zuliani, Mario,&Lortie, Christopher J..(2020).Micro-Climatic Amelioration in a California Desert: Artificial Shelter Versus Shrub Canopy.JOURNAL OF ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,21(8),216-228.
MLA	Ghazian, Nargol,et al."Micro-Climatic Amelioration in a California Desert: Artificial Shelter Versus Shrub Canopy".JOURNAL OF ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 21.8(2020):216-228.