In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 18, No. 3 ( 2023-3-16), p. e0282620-
Abstract:
To carry out differentiated ecological restoration activities and formulate appropriate environmental conservation strategies for karst regions, it is essential to investigate the impact of ecological restoration and forest management strategy differences on soil properties. The karst region in Xiangxi, Hunan province, China was selected as the study site. Here, we determined soil physical and chemical differences in soil profiles of karst areas with ecological restoration activities. The results showed that (1) the soil properties showed a significant difference between the restoration vegetation and uncultivated land, especially in soil physical properties. The soil moisture conversion coefficient (83.0%) and soil bulk density (1.37g/cm 3 ) of Liriodendron chinense (Hemsl.) Sarg reached the highest value among 12 vegetations. 2) The topsoil was more sensitive to ecological restoration. Soil physical properties in the topsoil samples from the forest management areas were significantly higher than uncultivated lands ( P 〈 0.05). (3) Redundancy analysis showed that the soil chemical content differed significantly among the types of forest vegetation restoration and different soil layers. Among the nutrients analysis, Mg, Zn and K were the main factors affecting soil properties in the rocky desertification areas. Therefore, our results recommend planting the broadleaved deciduous forest as the preferred forest among three different forest types to enhance soil fertility and water conservation functions, especially in subtropical karst areas ecosystems, which provided for making scientific forest restoration management in the karst region.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0282620
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.g001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.g002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.g003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.g004
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.g005
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.g006
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.t001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.t002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.t003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.t004
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.s001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.s002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.s003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.s004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.r001
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.r002
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.r003
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.r004
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.r005
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10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.r006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0282620.r007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2023
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2267670-3
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