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Tamarixchinensis, etc ; ecological restoration; forests; pollution; research; spectral analysis; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The reserve of Tamarix forest, located in Changyi, China, is the only national marine special reserve taking Tamarix as the main object of protection. Compared with conventional monitoring technology, remote sensing technology can more comprehensively reflect the ecological environment status and spatial–temporal variation of monitoring objects. Based on spectral characteristics and remote sensing ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Phragmites australis; environment; plant communities; satellites; sediments; species diversity; variance; vegetation; wetland plants; wetlands; Yellow River; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Accurate and timely acquisition of plant diversity information downstream of the reservoir is helpful to understand the impact mechanism of reservoir operation on wetland plant diversity and formulate reasonable water and sediment regulation strategies. In this study, we conducted field surveys in two communities (Phragmites australis and Tamarix chinensis) at a typical wetland in the lower reache ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Populus euphratica; ecological restoration; groundwater; leaves; oases; river water; soil water; water uptake; water use efficiency; xylem; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Understanding the water use characteristics of vegetation is crucial for guiding the rational allocation of water resources and the restoration of sustainable vegetation in natural oases in arid desert areas. To analyze the water use characteristics of Populus euphratica Oliv. and Tamarix chinensis Lour. at different stages of growth in the Daliyabuyi natural pristine oasis in northwestern China, ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Spartina alterniflora; Suaeda salsa; dominant species; ecological invasion; habitats; indicator species; littoral zone; multivariate analysis; river deltas; species diversity; wetlands; Yellow River; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Exotic species invasions have profound effects on native ecosystems, with the ecological effects of non‐native plants being especially pervasive. We investigated the impacts of a plant invasion on benthic invertebrate assemblages in intertidal wetlands of the Yellow River Delta, comparing benthic communities associated with exotic Spartina alterniflora against those associated with native plants ( ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; carbon dioxide fixation; carbon nitrogen ratio; excretion; leaves; photosynthesis; plant growth; secretion; soil quality; soil salinity; species diversity; temperature; toxicity; transpiration; water use efficiency; Show all 15 Subjects
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... The influence of Tamarix chinensis on its immediate environment and soil health has not been explored, particularly with respect to diurnal and seasonal variations. Thus, the objectives of this study were to: 1. Determine the physiological relevance of excreted salts in improving plant carbon fixation properties, and 2. Investigate the relationship between functional plant traits and environmental ...
... Biochar is a beneficial soil amendment; however, biochar-based properties are mainly determined by the feedstocks and the pyrolysis temperature. Nevertheless, considering the vast biomass of halophyte, little is known about how the halophyte-derived biochar improves saline soils. In this study, we firstly produced biochars by using three different halophytes, including Tamarix chinensis (recretoha ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Phragmites australis; Spartina alterniflora; Suaeda glauca; aboveground biomass; carbon sequestration; climate change; databases; ecological restoration; environment; land cover; models; regression analysis; river deltas; salt marshes; vegetation; vegetation index; Yellow River; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Coastal wetlands are main components of the “blue carbon” ecosystems in coastal zones. Salt-marsh biomass is especially important regarding climate-change mitigation. Generating high precision biomass maps for evaluating the ecological functions of coastal wetlands is essential; however, conducting accurate biomass inversions with limited in situ observations from coastal wetlands is challenging. ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Robinia pseudoacacia; Suaeda salsa; clay; data collection; ecosystems; grasses; pH; porosity; prediction; principal component analysis; river deltas; silt; soil density; soil depth; soil organic carbon; soil quality; trees; wetlands; China; Yellow River; Show all 21 Subjects
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... Assessment of soil quality in different vegetation types of wetland ecosystems is essential for soil functioning, such as nutrient cycling and vegetation growth, particularly the maintenance of wetland ecosystem sustainability. Wetland degradation can extremely influence soil quality. However, prediction of soil quality in terms of soil quality index in wetland soils remains obscure. In this study ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; ammonium nitrogen; calcium; coasts; forests; habitats; nitrate nitrogen; organic carbon; pH; phosphorus; population distribution; river deltas; salt content; soil density; soil salinity; soil salts; soil water content; total phosphorus; water table; China; Yellow River; Show all 21 Subjects
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... To explore the spatial distribution pattern of the Tamarix chinensis population and the influencing factors in the muddy coastal zone of Bohai Bay, we studied the T. chinensis forest on the beach of the muddy area of Beihai New District, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. A combination of field investigations and laboratory-based sample analyses were used to measure and analyze the forest density, h ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Phragmites australis; Suaeda salsa; Tamarix ramosissima; absorption; agricultural land; carbon dioxide; climate change; global carbon budget; greenhouses; nitrogen; regression analysis; research; river deltas; soil; soil organic carbon; spring; total organic carbon; vegetation; wetlands; China; Yellow River; Show all 22 Subjects
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... Climate change has become a global concern. Coastal wetlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle and significantly contribute to the emission and absorption of the greenhouse gases CO₂ and CH₄. In this study, the temporal and spatial variations of soil CO₂ and CH₄ emission fluxes, soil total carbon, total organic carbon, and carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of four vegetation area ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Populus euphratica; chlorophyll; hinterland; oases; phenology; time series analysis; trees; vegetation index; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Populus euphratica is an important tree species in desert ecosystems. The protection and restoration of natural Populus euphratica forests requires accurate positioning information. The use of Sentinel-2 images to map the Populus euphratica distribution at a large scale faces challenges associated with discriminating between Populus euphratica and Tamarix chinensis. To address this problem, this s ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; agronomy; coastal soils; long term effects; pH; porosity; root growth; salt content; salt tolerance; shrubs; soil degradation; soil density; soil organic carbon; soil profiles; soil restoration; soil salts; soil structure; soil-plant interactions; topsoil; vegetation; wet season; China; Show all 22 Subjects
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... Ecological restoration of coastal land by planting salt-tolerant plants has been widely used to construct vegetation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes induced by tamarisk (Tamarix chinensis) shrub on coastal soil physical quality and as well as the corresponding impact on salt distribution in the soil. A field study was conducted on coastal saline land, North China, where tamarisk ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; chlorophyll; ecological restoration; forestry; lipid peroxidation; malondialdehyde; peroxidase; remediation; research; salt stress; soil salinity; superoxide dismutase; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Vegetation restoration is a main ecological remediation technology for greening saline and alkaline soils. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of 1-aminobenzotriazole (ABT-1) on the growth and physiology of Tamarix chinensis under salt stress and to determine a suitable ABT-1 concentration and soil salinity (Sc) for propagating T. chinensis-cuttings. Cuttings were soaked in w ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Euonymus alatus; Philadelphus; ecological restoration; finite element analysis; pollution; research; rivers; root systems; shrubs; silty clay soils; China; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Research on the mechanism of plant root–soil consolidation is a current focus in research into the ecological restoration of banks. The stability of ecological banks is central to this research, and bank stability is closely related to plant combinations and spacing. Recent research on reinforced anchorage of plant roots has mainly focused on root length and angle, and on other parts of the root s ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Phragmites australis; Suaeda; absorption; estuaries; inorganic phosphorus; mineralization; organic phosphorus; pH; river deltas; sand; soil salinity; vegetation; Yellow River; Show all 14 Subjects
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... To evaluate the relationship between phosphorus (P) fractions and physicochemical characteristics in soils of estuarine wetlands with different climax vegetation covers, surface 60-cm soil samples were collected in Suaeda heteroptera wetlands (SH), Tamarix chinensis wetlands (TC) and Phragmites australis wetlands (PA) in the Yellow River Delta during June 2017. Results showed that the inorganic ph ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Populus euphratica; dominant species; ecosystems; groundwater; growth and development; oases; pH; photosynthesis; population density; spatial variation; vegetation; water table; Show all 13 Subjects
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... The relationship between the growth characteristics of vegetation and factors that limit the protection of relevant populations and communities needs to be clarified. To gain a deeper understanding of the mechanism that couples groundwater factors with the growth of Populus euphratica in a desert ecosystem, as well as to explore the effect of its competitive relationship with Tamarix chinensis und ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; ammonium; beta-fructofuranosidase; biodegradation; canopy; carbon dioxide; catenas; forage; river deltas; shrubs; soil; soil organic carbon; temperature; China; Yellow River; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Fertile island of shrub in the grass-dominated ecosystems would change the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its fractions, adjusting the SOC dynamics and its response to global warming. However, the effects of fertile island on SOC decomposition and its temperature responses were still less known. An incubation experiment was conducted to investigate how the fertile island of ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; coal; ecological restoration; fertilizers; gas exchange; greenhouses; growth performance; leaves; nitrogen; oxidative stress; phosphorus; photosynthesis; plant growth; plant height; shrubs; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Coal‐mined areas are often associated with hostile environmental conditions where the scarcity of water and key nutrient resources negatively affect plant growth and development. In this study we specifically addressed how different combinations of water (W), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) might affect morpho‐physiological and biochemical attributes of a native shrub species, Tamarix chinensis, g ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Phragmites australis; alkalinization; coasts; environment; forests; grasses; principal component analysis; river deltas; saline soils; soil nutrients; soil quality; soil salts; China; Yellow River; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Construction of circumlittoral shelter forest is of great significance to maintain ecological security of coastal zones, the safety of people's lives and property in the Yellow River Delta (YRD) in China. Tamarix chinensis-grass patterns have shown obvious advantages in construction of circumlittoral shelter forest and improving the soil quality of coastal saline soil. This study aimed to explore ...
Tamarixchinensis, etc ; Homoptera; bark; biological control; biological control agents; herbivores; host range; host specificity; indigenous species; insects; phreatophytes; phylogeny; secondary metabolites; technology; Australia; Mexico; South Africa; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Tamarix (Tamaricaceae), a phreatophyte genus from the Old World, is a tenacious competitor which has invaded North America (namely the United States and Mexico), Australia, and South Africa amongst other countries. Biological control of invasive Tamarix taxa in South Africa is complicated by the indigenous T. usneoides, which is phylogenetically distant from the invasive T. chinensis and T. ramosi ...