Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1111/avsc.12758 |
Do seeding and seedling planting result in similar restored plant communities? | |
Butterfield, Bradley J.; Munson, Seth M. | |
通讯作者 | Butterfield, BJ |
来源期刊 | APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
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ISSN | 1402-2001 |
EISSN | 1654-109X |
出版年 | 2023 |
卷号 | 26期号:4 |
英文摘要 | AimsRestoration practitioners often face a tradeoff between low cost but risky seeding vs expensive but more reliable seedling planting to meet revegetation goals. Knowing under what environmental and management conditions direct seeding vs seedling planting benefit different species could improve restoration practice.MethodsWe compared seed emergence to planted-seedling survival among perennial herbaceous species commonly used in restoration across eight experimental restoration sites on the Colorado Plateau, USA. We used linear models to assess relationships between emergence and survival among species, and to assess the effects of site climate and seeding pre-treatments on those relationships.ResultsWe found that among species, emergence was positively correlated with survival in the cooler sites, meaning that species with high emergence also had high survival and vice versa, but had no relationship in the hottest sites. Furthermore, pre-treatments to enhance soil moisture in seeded plots, specifically microtopography (pits) and mulch, also resulted in positive relationships between emergence and survival among species, while seeding without additional soil pre-treatments did not. Seedling planting cost 14 times as much as direct seeding alone, dropping to nine times as much when pre-treatments were combined with seeding.ConclusionsTaken together, these results suggest that investments in seedling planting at hotter dryland sites, or in creating microtopography or mulching prior to seeding across sites, are likely to promote establishment success compared to simple seeding methods in degraded dryland ecosystems. These findings also identify opportunities for hybrid seeding and planting approaches that balance tradeoffs between risk and cost, respectively. Restoration practitioners face a tradeoff between low cost but risky seeding vs expensive but more reliable seedling planting to meet revegetation goals. We show that investment in seedling planting, rather than seeding, is most beneficial at hotter sites, and that creating microtopography or mulching prior to seeding is necessary to achieve similar outcomes to seedling planting in degraded dryland ecosystems.image |
英文关键词 | desertification dryland ecosystem ecological restoration native seed plant demographic bottleneck restoration treatment |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001119076800001 |
WOS关键词 | RESTORATION ; RECRUITMENT |
WOS类目 | Plant Sciences ; Ecology ; Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Forestry |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/395396 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Butterfield, Bradley J.,Munson, Seth M.. Do seeding and seedling planting result in similar restored plant communities?[J],2023,26(4). |
APA | Butterfield, Bradley J.,&Munson, Seth M..(2023).Do seeding and seedling planting result in similar restored plant communities?.APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE,26(4). |
MLA | Butterfield, Bradley J.,et al."Do seeding and seedling planting result in similar restored plant communities?".APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE 26.4(2023). |
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