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GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
卷 25, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01399
关键词
Soil nutrient; Dolomite; Limestone; Ecological restoration
资金
- Project of National Key Research and Development Programof China in the 13th Five-year Plan [2016YFC0502606]
- Key Project of Science and Technology Program of Guizhou Province [5411 2017]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [XDJK2012C032]
Investigating the impact of ecological restoration and lithological differences on soil nutrients in karst regions, we found that topsoil is more sensitive to restoration and exhibits significant differences in pH and nutrient content between dolomite and limestone areas. Shrub recovery plays a crucial role in rapid accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen in dolomite areas following agricultural abandonment.
To carry out differentiated ecological restoration activities and formulate appropriate environmental conservation strategies for karst regions with different underlying bedrocks, it is essential to investigate the impact of ecological restoration and lithological differences on soil nutrients. The Karst world heritage site in Shibing, Guizhou province, China was selected as the study site. Here, we determined pH and nutrient differences in soil profiles of dolomite and limestone areas with ecological restoration activities. The results showed that (1) the main controlling factors of the topsoil were different from those of the core and bottom soils. (2) The topsoil was more sensitive to ecological restoration. Soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and available nitrogen contents in the topsoil samples from the post-agricultural succession areas were significantly higher than those in the cultivated areas (P < 0.05), and were at 2.04-3.99, 1.62-4.07, and 1.52-3.18-fold, respectively. (3) The core and bottom soils were mainly affected by the differentiated dissolution between the dolomite and limestone areas. The available nitrogen in the core and bottom soils were significantly lower in the dolomite area than in the limestone area (P < 0.05), and were 76.5% and 40.8% lower, respectively. Total phosphorus, available phosphorus and pH in the bottom soil were significantly higher in the dolomite area than in the limestone area (P < 0.05), and were 1.12, 1.86, and 2.63-fold, respectively. (4) Shrub recovery played a major role in the rapid accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen in the dolomite area. Consequently, shrub development is very critical in the early stages of ecological restoration of dolomite areas following agricultural abandonment. (c) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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