干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): New approaches: Use of assisted natural succession in revegetation of inhabited arid drylands as alternative to large-scale afforestation

Arid

DOI	10.1007/s42452-022-04951-y
	New approaches: Use of assisted natural succession in revegetation of inhabited arid drylands as alternative to large-scale afforestation
	Huebner, Lorenz; Al-Quraishi, Ayad M. Fadhil; Branch, Oliver; Gaznayee, Heman A. A.
来源期刊	SN APPLIED SCIENCES
ISSN	2523-3963
EISSN	2523-3971
出版年	2022
卷号	4 期号:3
英文摘要	It is a great concept to let nature do the work of revegetation, however in semi-arid and arid regions the process of natural succession, if it occurs at all, typically requires many years of undisturbed development until an increase in biomass becomes measurable, hence it rather is applied to remote, sparsely populated regions and may be underrated as a measure to restore native vegetation, particularly in inhabited arid areas. What are the factors that make arid successional processes successful, how to expedite, and how to enable their use for the ecological revegetation of densely populated drylands? We review restoration methods that combine the planting of shelterbelt compartments with successional revegetation of the internal area, protected from wind and drought. Various measures of assisted natural succession can be applied to greatly accelerate the revegetation, including soil tillage, amendment with organic matter and the inoculation with cyanobacteria or lichens to form biocrusts. The aim is to initiate the development of native, water-saving savanna with biodiversity, resilience and adaptability to climate change. A narrow twin shelterbelt module could facilitate the use of natural succession within inhabited and peri-urban areas, also serving as protective greenbelt for cities. A pilot is planned in a peri-urban area of Northern Iraq, with a successional area of 125-150 m between shelterbelts. Land-use of agriculture, gardening and recreation can be integrated within the successional area, which also generates engagement of residents in the maintenance work. Planting of shelterbelts is required on 10-25% (not 100%) of the restoration area, therefore the use of assisted succession within protective compartments is expected to have both, ecological and economic advantages over large-scale afforestation.
英文关键词	Arid revegetation Inhabited drylands Shelterbelt compartments Climate adaptability Assisted succession Restoration measures
类型	Review
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000756813700001
WOS关键词	CYANOBACTERIAL INOCULATION ; FOREST RESTORATION ; SOIL ; CHINA ; REFORESTATION ; CRUSTS ; CARBON
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/376966
作者单位	[Al-Quraishi, Ayad M. Fadhil] Tishk Int Univ, Fac Engn, Petr & Min Engn Dept, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Regio, Iraq; [Branch, Oliver] Univ Hohenheim, Inst Phys & Meteorol, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany; [Gaznayee, Heman A. A.] Salahaddin Univ, Coll Agr Engn Sci, Dept Forestry, Erbil, Erbil Kurdistan, Iraq
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huebner, Lorenz,Al-Quraishi, Ayad M. Fadhil,Branch, Oliver,et al. New approaches: Use of assisted natural succession in revegetation of inhabited arid drylands as alternative to large-scale afforestation[J],2022,4(3).
APA	Huebner, Lorenz,Al-Quraishi, Ayad M. Fadhil,Branch, Oliver,&Gaznayee, Heman A. A..(2022).New approaches: Use of assisted natural succession in revegetation of inhabited arid drylands as alternative to large-scale afforestation.SN APPLIED SCIENCES,4(3).
MLA	Huebner, Lorenz,et al."New approaches: Use of assisted natural succession in revegetation of inhabited arid drylands as alternative to large-scale afforestation".SN APPLIED SCIENCES 4.3(2022).