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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH  2009, Vol. 29 Issue (5): 885-890    DOI:
生物土壤与生态     
Characteristics of Soil Seed Bank along Desertification Gradient in Lower Reaches of Tarim River
WANG Zeng-ru1,2, XU Hai-liang1, YIN Lin-ke1, LI Ji-mei1, ZHANG Zhan-jiang3, LI Yuan1
1.Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology and Desert Environment, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 2.Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; 3.Agronomy College of Xinjiang Agriculture University, Urumqi 830052, China
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Abstract  Over the past 50 years the desert riparian vegetation in the lower reaches of the Tarim River in western China degraded due to irrational management regimes. Little is known about the effect of vegetation degradation level on the structure and performance of soil seed bank in desert riparian vegetation. A field experiment was established to test this effect. The results showed that the density (892.6 seeds\5m-2) and species number(11 species) of soil seed banks in the moderate-desertification transects are relatively high. With the increase of desertification level the species abundance, density and biodiversity index of soil seed bank decrease. There is no significant effect of desertification intensity on the vertical density distribution of soil seed bank. However, over 70% of seeds were concentrated in the upper oil layer (0~2 cm). Plots at extreme desertification level showed a greater proportion of annual herbs compared to plots at heavy or moderate desertification levels, whereas perennial herbs and shrubs followed the inverse trend. These results indicate that the potential of the natural vegetation to restore naturally decreases with the increase of desertification level.
Key words:  soil seed bank      lower reaches of Tarim River      desertification level      potential for restoration     
Received:  22 April 2008      Published:  07 September 2009
ZTFLH:  Q945.3  

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WANG Zeng-ru;XU Hai-liang;YIN Lin-ke;LI Ji-mei;ZHANG Zhan-jiang;LI Yuan. Characteristics of Soil Seed Bank along Desertification Gradient in Lower Reaches of Tarim River. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2009, 29(5): 885-890.

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