Investigating Predictors of Plant Establishment During Roadside Restoration

Investigating Predictors of Plant Establishment During Roadside Restoration

Ecological restoration on roadsides confers several ecological benefits, but also poses significant challenges. Native plants used in restoration efforts must survive compacted soil, harsh microclimates, prolific invasive species, and pollution from road salts and vehicle emissions. Criteria for both site and species selection need to be developed to assist practitioners in restoring roadside e...

Identifying and Addressing Soil Property Issues Affecting Roadside Vegetation Establishment

Investigating the production and establishment of Salsola orientalis and Kochia prostrata plant species in summer rangelands of Golestan province

The vegetation maintaining of rangelands and desertlands is one of the main techniques desertification and management. The best species for rangeland is native plants that adapted ecosystem with high forage quality and effective soil stability the same as Salsola orientalis and Kochia prostrata plant species in the east of Golestan province. The aim of this study is investigating the production...

Strong natural selection during plant restoration favors an unexpected suite of plant traits

RESTORATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY NATURAL SELECTION: One can measure the distribution of traits in source propagules used to found populations, compare this with the distribution of traits in successful recruits, and determine the strength and direction of selection on potentially adaptive traits. We investigated whether natural selection influenced seedling establishment during postfire r...

Investigating plant-plant interference by metabolic fingerprinting.

New analytical developments in post-genomic technologies are being introduced to the field of plant ecology. FT-IR fingerprinting coupled with chemometrics via cluster analysis is proposed as a tool for correlating global metabolic changes with abiotic or biotic perturbation and/or interactions. The current study concentrates on detecting chemical responses by inter-species competition between ...