Predicting soil erosion and deposition effects on plant establishment:a key to increasing restoration success

摘要：

Introduction Land degradation is frequently associated with soil erosion and deposition.This can result in significant modification of the soil profile,including changes in soil surface texture and structure.Soil surface texture and structure affect plant water availability through their effects on infiltration rate and plant available water holding capacity.Plants in arid and semi-arid environments are particularly susceptible to desiccation during establishment.Consequently,changes to soil surface texture,structure or depth can affect establishment,as well as the productivity of the established plant community.In extreme cases,re-establishment of the original plant community may be impossible,even with significant external inputs (Bestelmeyer et al.,In Press).

关键词： restoration land degradation soil erosion seedling establishment

作者: J.E.Herrick D.P.C.Peters B.T.Bestelmeyer G.S.Okin N.K.Hansen K.M.Havstad

作者单位: USDA-ARS Jornada Range,Las Cruces,NM 88003-8003,USA Dept.of Geography,UCLA,Los Angeles,CA,90095,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）