Emerging Research on Adaptive Plants in Karst Ecosystems

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: 1-MCP; aboveground vegetation; acid soils; adaptability; adaptation; age; allocations; angiosperm; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; artificial forest; assimilatory demand; bicarbonate use; bidirectional nitrogen isotope; Biology, life sciences; blueberry; browning; calcareous soils; carbon and nitrogen stable isotope; carbon sequestration; carbonic anhydrase; cell wall polysaccharide; chlorophyll fluorescence; Coix seed rice; contribution; dissolved inorganic carbon; electrical signal; electrophysiology; golden Camellia species; gymnosperm; human intervention; inorganic carbon assimilation; internal stability; interspecific competition; isotope mass balance approach; karst; karst fruit; karst habitat; karst mountainous area; karst plant; karst-adaptable plants; leaf-litter-soil continuum; lignification; Mathematics and Science; n/a; nitrate; nitrogen utilization; nutrients uptake; patch and substrate heterogeneity; photosynthesis; physiological metabolism; plant nutrition; plantation age; plantations; redundancy analysis; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; rocky desertification area; root morphology; senescence mechanism; shelf life; soil dissolved inorganic carbon; soil extracellular enzymes; soil microorganisms; soil property; soil seed bank; soil stoichiometry; stable isotope; stable isotopic; stoichiometry; stomatal conductance; substance transport; suitable strategy; water stress; water-soluble organic matter; water-use efficiency; Zanthoxylum planispinum var. dintanensis
• ISBN: 9783036586625; 3036586628; 3036586636; 9783036586632
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8662-5

The global karst distribution area is nearly 22 million km2, accounting for ca. 15% of land area, and the population living in karst areas is approximately one billion. Strong karstification makes the soil environment dry and with high pH and high content of calcium (bicarbonate). The karst environm...