Environmental relationships of vegetation patterns in saltmarshes of central Argentina

Cantero, Juan José; Cisneros, José Manuel; Zobel, Martin; Cantero, Alberto

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“…area and perimeter) and soil edaphic (e.g. salinity, redox, moisture, texture) characteristics of the transition zones might reflect changes in species' richness and distribution (Cantero et al, 1998;Helzer and Jelinski, 1999). Since transition zones might be important for specific species (Morrison et al, 2001), and are sensitive to climate changes and human activities (Peters, 2002a;Puyravaud et al, 1994;Gehrig-Fasel et al, 2007), they have become a hotspot landscape unit for ecologists.…”

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The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of <i>Artemisia wudanica</i> in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China

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Abstract. Artemisia wudanica is an endemic, perennial, pioneering psammophyte species in the sand dune ecosystems of western Horqin Sand Land in northern China. However, no studies have addressed how sexual and asexual reproduction modes of A. wudanica perform at the transitional zones between active dune inter-dune lowlands and active dunes. In early spring, quadrats were randomly set up in the study area to monitor surviving seedling and/or ramet density and frequency coming from sexual/asexual reproduction of A. wudanica. Iron sticks were inserted near each quadrat to determine wind erosion intensity (WE). Additionally, soil samples were collected nearby each quadrat to test for soil moisture (SM), organic matter (OM) and pH. Surviving seedlings of A. wudanica showed an inverse response in comparison with ramets to SM, OM and WE. Soil moisture showed the most positive effect, and WE the negative effect, on surviving, sexual reproduction seedlings. Contrarily, WE had the most positive effect, and SM the negative effect, on asexual reproduction ramets. This suggests that increases in SM and decreases in WE should benefit recruitment of A. wudanica seedlings. On the contrary, ramets coming from asexual reproduction showed a different response to environmental factors in transition zone habitats. While SM was not a key constraint for the survival of seedlings, they showed a better, positive response to wind erosion environments. Overall, various study environmental parameters could be improved to foster A. wudanica invasion and settlement in the plant community through different reproductive modes, thereby promoting vegetation restoration and rehabilitation.

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The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of <i>Artemisia wudanica</i> in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China

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“…Salinity (electrical conductivity and ex- changeable sodium ratio), water depth and organic matter concentrations were found to be most significant environmental variables affecting salt marsh zonation. Groundwater salinity and depth (CANTERO et al 1998b, MASHALY 2001, BORNMAN et al 2002 and soil salinity (JI et al 2009) have been identified as the most important factors in shaping vegetation patterns in other salt marsh ecosystems. Sodic soils are widespread in the study area because sodium adsorption ratio values >13 (AMEZKETA and DE LERSUNDI 2008) Salicornia prostrata was associated with the most saline soils in the studied coastal salt marsh.…”

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Effects of selected groundwater chemical traits on a salt marsh community

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Acta Botanica Croatica

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Electrical conductivity, exchangeable sodium ratio and water depth have negative impacts, whereas soil organic matter concentration has a positive impact on Black Sea salt marsh vegetation. The most saline soils were characterized by Salicornia prostrata vegetation and associated with exchangeable sodium ratio. Alhagi pseudalhagi and Tamarix smrynensis populations were associated with water depth, while Juncus littoralis, Ammophila arenaria and E. paralias were associated with soil organic matter. Euphorbia paralias, Ammophila arenaria and Iris orientalis were associated with acidity.

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“…is a hemicryptophyte originating from central South America, occupying habitats like salt marsh landscapes from Central Argentina (Cantero et al 1998). Even though A. squamatus does not usually form large dense stands in introduced habitats, the species is distributed widely in many European countries, among them Italy (Pace and Tammaro 2001), Spain (Molina et al 2004), France (Bassett 1980), Malta (Deidun 2010), Cyprus (Hand 2000), and Greece (Theocharopoulos et al 2006).…”

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Reproduction Biology of an Alien Invasive Plant: A Case of Drought-Tolerant Aster squamatus on the Northern Adriatic Seacoast, Slovenia

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Ivajnšič

2013

Advances in Global Change Research

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Environmental relationships of vegetation patterns in saltmarshes of central Argentina

Cited by 34 publications

References 14 publications

The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of <i>Artemisia wudanica</i> in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China

The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of <i>Artemisia wudanica</i> in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China

Effects of selected groundwater chemical traits on a salt marsh community

Reproduction Biology of an Alien Invasive Plant: A Case of Drought-Tolerant Aster squamatus on the Northern Adriatic Seacoast, Slovenia

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Environmental relationships of vegetation patterns in saltmarshes of central Argentina

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The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of &lt;i&gt;Artemisia wudanica&lt;/i&gt; in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China

The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of &lt;i&gt;Artemisia wudanica&lt;/i&gt; in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China

Effects of selected groundwater chemical traits on a salt marsh community

Reproduction Biology of an Alien Invasive Plant: A Case of Drought-Tolerant Aster squamatus on the Northern Adriatic Seacoast, Slovenia

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The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of <i>Artemisia wudanica</i> in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China

The role of sexual vs. asexual recruitment of <i>Artemisia wudanica</i> in transition zone habitats between inter-dune lowlands and active dunes in Inner Mongolia, China