干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Vegetation Response to Removal of Plant Groups and Grass Seeding in a Microphyllous Desert Shrubland: A 4-Year Field Experiment

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DOI	10.3390/agriculture11040322
	Vegetation Response to Removal of Plant Groups and Grass Seeding in a Microphyllous Desert Shrubland: A 4-Year Field Experiment
	Mellado, Miguel; Encina-Dominguez, Juan A.; Garcia, Jose E.; Estrada-Castillon, Eduardo; Arevalo, Jose R.
通讯作者	Arevalo, JR (corresponding author), Univ Laguna, Dept Bot Ecol & Plant Physiol, Tenerife 38200, Spain.
来源期刊	AGRICULTURE-BASEL
EISSN	2077-0472
出版年	2021
卷号	11 期号:4
英文摘要	Grazing is one of the most important land management activities worldwide, and cases of overgrazing increase erosion, land degradation, and plant invasion. The objective of this study was to assess the effect on individual species and species composition in response to groups of plants removals or grass seeding after four years of vegetation transformation in a microphyllous desert shrubland excluded from cattle grazing. Nine treatments involved (1) clearing of vegetation and seeding of Bouteloua curtipendula (BOCU), a native grass, (2) clearing and seeding of Chloris gayana (CHGA), an introduce grass from Africa, (3) clearing except for grasses (GRA), (4) clearing except for grasses and fodder shrubs (GRA-SHR), (5) free grazing by cattle (GRAZ), (6) clearing except fodder shrubs (SHR), (7) no modification (CON), (8) clearing of all plants (BARE), and (9) clearing except plants not eaten by cattle (UND). Treatments were replicated five times each in 10 m x 10 m experimental plots. Plots were surveyed for density, cover of all plants, and standing forage. Total plant cover was higher in CON and UND than the other treatments. Except for BOCU, where forage production was the highest, forage production ha(-1) was low among all other treatments. Plant density was highest in SHR and lowest in CON. Results after four years of transformation indicate that seeded Chloris gayana failed to become established, but seeding of Bouteloua curtipendula was able to persist, and had the greatest influence on the vegetation restoration, which is what we consider the most appropriate restoration treatment.
英文关键词	rehabilitation semi-arid shrub grasses grazing
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000642610600001
WOS类目	Agronomy
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349368
作者单位	[Mellado, Miguel; Garcia, Jose E.] Autonomous Agr Univ Antonio Narro, Dept Anim Nutr, Saltillo 25315, Coahuila, Mexico; [Encina-Dominguez, Juan A.] Autonomous Agr Univ Antonio Narro, Dept Nat Resources, Saltillo 25315, Coahuila, Mexico; [Estrada-Castillon, Eduardo] Autonomous Univ Nuevo Leon, Fac Forestry Sci, Linares 67700, Mexico; [Arevalo, Jose R.] Univ Laguna, Dept Bot Ecol & Plant Physiol, Tenerife 38200, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mellado, Miguel,Encina-Dominguez, Juan A.,Garcia, Jose E.,et al. Vegetation Response to Removal of Plant Groups and Grass Seeding in a Microphyllous Desert Shrubland: A 4-Year Field Experiment[J],2021,11(4).
APA	Mellado, Miguel,Encina-Dominguez, Juan A.,Garcia, Jose E.,Estrada-Castillon, Eduardo,&Arevalo, Jose R..(2021).Vegetation Response to Removal of Plant Groups and Grass Seeding in a Microphyllous Desert Shrubland: A 4-Year Field Experiment.AGRICULTURE-BASEL,11(4).
MLA	Mellado, Miguel,et al."Vegetation Response to Removal of Plant Groups and Grass Seeding in a Microphyllous Desert Shrubland: A 4-Year Field Experiment".AGRICULTURE-BASEL 11.4(2021).