Reducing soil erosion by improving community functional diversity in semi-arid grasslands

1. Great efforts have been made to control soil erosion by restoring plant communities in degraded ecosystems world-wide. However, soil erosion has not been substantially reduced mainly because current restoration strategies lead to large areas of mono-specific vegetation, which are inefficient in r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of applied ecology 2015-08, Vol.52 (4), p.1063-1072
Hauptverfasser:	Zhu, Huoxing, Fu, Bojie, Wang, Shuai, Zhu, Linhai, Zhang, Liwei, Jiao, Lei, Wang, Cong
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arid zones Biodiversity community functional composition ecological restoration Ecosystem studies Environmental restoration erosion control services Grassland and forest diversity Grasslands information‐theoretic approach Loess Plateau plant–soil interactions Soil erosion control trait‐based approach Vegetation
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