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DOI	10.1007/s40333-023-0008-5
	Investigation on biological activities for combating desertification in the western shores of Lake Urmia, Northwest Iran
	Rostami, Samire; Alijanpour, Ahmad; Shafiei, Abbas Banj; Ahmady-Birgani, Hesam; Beygi Heidarlou, Hadi
通讯作者	Alijanpour, A
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID LAND
ISSN	1674-6767
EISSN	2194-7783
出版年	2023
卷号	15 期号:3 页码:297-309
英文摘要	Lake Urmia, Northwest Iran, has confronted a drying procedure in recent years with losing 90% of its water body. The authorities concerned about desertification processes and possible dust events throughout the region. In this regard, the Iranian Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization has taken ecological measures to plant vegetation using salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.) shrubs to combat desertification. This study aimed to investigate the vegetation and soil characteristics of natural and plantation stands of salt cedar on the western shores of Lake Urmia. To this end, 7 transects were randomly selected with 15 shrubs in natural stands, and 7 transects were randomly selected with 15 shrubs in the plantation parts along the planting rows. Then, vegetative characteristics were examined. Also, soil samples were taken from the vicinity of the shrubs. The results indicated that there was no significant difference between the mean diameter at breast height (DBH) of salt cedar in natural sites. There was a significant difference between the mean number of sprouts per sprout-clumps, mean crown diameter, collar diameter, total height, and also between mean crown diameter and freshness of shrubs among different sites (P<0.05). It was also found that soil variables, such as clay content, organic matter, electrical conductivity (EC), Na+, specific absorption rate (SAR), Cl-, SO42-, Na+, K+, and PO2- (4) are the most significant variable parameters between studied sites. As the results shown, the values of EC, SAR, Na+, and Cl- are 6 times higher in the planted stands than in the natural stands of T. ramosissima. Also, the colonization of T. ramosissima in the planted stands is unsuccessful by dramatic drop in the total height and average diameter. Considering the role of soil characteristics in explaining the variance of data and site separation, it seems that these indicators can be applied in executive plans as important indicators to identify suitable planting sites for combating desertification.
英文关键词	salinity resistance soil vegetative characteristics Tamarix Lake Urmia
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000983215000004
WOS关键词	SALINITY ; BASIN ; WATER
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/397177
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rostami, Samire,Alijanpour, Ahmad,Shafiei, Abbas Banj,et al. Investigation on biological activities for combating desertification in the western shores of Lake Urmia, Northwest Iran[J],2023,15(3):297-309.
APA	Rostami, Samire,Alijanpour, Ahmad,Shafiei, Abbas Banj,Ahmady-Birgani, Hesam,&Beygi Heidarlou, Hadi.(2023).Investigation on biological activities for combating desertification in the western shores of Lake Urmia, Northwest Iran.JOURNAL OF ARID LAND,15(3),297-309.
MLA	Rostami, Samire,et al."Investigation on biological activities for combating desertification in the western shores of Lake Urmia, Northwest Iran".JOURNAL OF ARID LAND 15.3(2023):297-309.