Soil Trace Elements Content in Relation to the Vegetation Distribution in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Badain Jaran Desert

doi:10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2015.00083

JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 1063-1069.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2015.00083

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Soil Trace Elements Content in Relation to the Vegetation Distribution in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Badain Jaran Desert

Wang Meng¹, Dong Zhibao¹, Fu Peng², Lu Junfeng¹, Li Jiyan¹, Luo Wanyin¹, Cui Xujia³

1. Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;
2. 68029 Troops, Lanzhou 730000, China;
3. College of Tourism & Environment Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China

Received:2015-03-24 Revised:2015-05-31 Online:2016-07-20 Published:2016-07-20

Abstract

Abstract: The characteristics of soil trace elements and impact of trace elements on vegetation distribution were studied through the field survey in the two study areas A and B of the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert. The results showed that: The differences of 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm of trace elements concentration were not significant, while there were significantly differences between study area A and B. By the Least-significant difference (LSD), the difference of trace elements of 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm were similar both in study area A and B. The relationship of trace elements and vegetation characteristics showed that, in 0-20 cm Ba and Ce concentration significantly affected the shrub layer, Ni, Cu, Ga, As, Rb and Pb were the mainly impact factors on the herb layer. 20-40 cm, only the relationship of Cu and the herb layer richness index was significant. Stepwise multiple regression of vegetation distribution and soil trace elements also confirmed the significant effects of Ba, Ce concentration on herb layer, and Ni, Cu on shrub layer.

Key words: Badain Jaran Desert, trace element, spatial distribution, vegetation characteristics

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Wang Meng, Dong Zhibao, Fu Peng, Lu Junfeng, Li Jiyan, Luo Wanyin, Cui Xujia. Soil Trace Elements Content in Relation to the Vegetation Distribution in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Badain Jaran Desert[J]. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2016, 36(4): 1063-1069.

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