干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): The Ecological Role of Cornulalca aucheri (Amaranthaceae) in the Stabilization of Degraded Sandy Soils in Kuwait: The Case Study of Liyah Area

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DOI	10.1007/978-3-030-01683-8_10
	The Ecological Role of Cornulalca aucheri (Amaranthaceae) in the Stabilization of Degraded Sandy Soils in Kuwait: The Case Study of Liyah Area
	Ahmed, Modi M.; Al-Dousari, Noor; Al-Dousari, Ali M.
通讯作者	Ahmed, MM (corresponding author), Kuwait Inst Sci Res, Crisis Decis Support Program ELSRC, POB 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait.
会议名称	1st Springer Conference of the Arabian-Journal-of-Geosciences (CAJG)
会议日期	NOV 12-15, 2018
会议地点	Hammamet, TUNISIA
英文摘要	Cornulaca aucheri is an annual and biannual herb considered as a disturbance indicator currently visible and widely distributed in disturbed lands in Liyah area in Kuwait. Such area suffers from severe land degradation due to multiple interacting factors such as, overgrazing, camping and recreation, gravel and sand quarrying, military activities and natural processes. A restoration program was applied after the quarry surface irregularities were refilled and levelled. During the past 10 years of rehabilitation, noticeable healthy cover of Cornulaca sp. has been seen especially around an artificial lake and playas. The existence of such species in high density means that the restoration program was a success and was transitted from bare ground to Cornulaca and annual forb state. This is a lower state of Range State Transition Succession model, but it is better than bare soil. Cornulaca sp. is a native desert plant that grows in arid conditions. Despite its spiny leaves, it provides good food for camels and increases the supply of milk produced by lactating females. It is about 80 cm tall and has a stem that is branched from the base with new faster greenery growth in the summer. It shows good environmental potential to be managed as natural types used for restoration of degraded lands in desert areas.
英文关键词	Land degradation Range State transition State rehabilitation
来源出版物	EXPLORING THE NEXUS OF GEOECOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, GEOARCHEOLOGY AND GEOTOURISM: ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH
ISSN	2522-8714
EISSN	2522-8722
出版年	2019
页码	47-49
ISBN	978-3-030-01683-8; 978-3-030-01682-1
出版者	SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
类型	Proceedings Paper
语种	英语
收录类别	CPCI-S
WOS记录号	WOS:000594337200010
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	会议论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369969
作者单位	[Ahmed, Modi M.; Al-Dousari, Noor; Al-Dousari, Ali M.] Kuwait Inst Sci Res, Crisis Decis Support Program ELSRC, POB 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ahmed, Modi M.,Al-Dousari, Noor,Al-Dousari, Ali M.. The Ecological Role of Cornulalca aucheri (Amaranthaceae) in the Stabilization of Degraded Sandy Soils in Kuwait: The Case Study of Liyah Area[C]:SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG,2019:47-49.