Plant Diversity and Soil Properties at Different Wetland Restoration Stages along a Major River in the Arid Northwest of China

• Published in: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) Vol. 41; no. 1; p. 13
• Main Authors: Zhao, Ruifeng, Zhang, Xiaoya, Zhang, Lihua, Wang, Yuanbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.01.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: abandoned land; Abandonment; Activity recognition; Agricultural land; Altitude; Arid regions; Arid zones; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; botanical composition; China; Climate change; Coastal Sciences; Community composition; Community structure; Correlation analysis; Dominant species; Ecology; Environmental Management; Environmental restoration; Flowers & plants; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hydrogeology; Hydrology; Landscape Ecology; Life Sciences; Methods; Moisture content; Nutrients; Old fields; Organic carbon; Plant communities; Plant diversity; Plant growth; Restoration; rivers; Soil improvement; Soil nutrients; soil organic carbon; Soil properties; Soil structure; Soil water; soil water content; total nitrogen; vegetation; Water content; wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wetlands Restoration; Heihe River; China; Abandoned farmland; Soil quality; Wetland restoration; Soil nutrient; Vegetation

Agricultural activity is widely recognized as one of the leading drivers of natural wetland loss in many parts of the world. The suitability of farmland abandonment as the wetland restoration has not been well studied in arid regions. The plant growth, community structure and soil property were exam...