Exploring main soil drivers of vegetation succession in abandoned croplands of Minqin Oasis, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Minqin Oasis, which is located in Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China, faces a very serious land desertification problem, with about 94.5% of its total area desertified. Accordingly, it is crucial to implement ecological restoration policies such as cropland abandonment in this region. In abandoned croplands, abiotic factors such as soil properties may become more important than biotic factors in driving vegetation succession. However, the connections between soil properties and vegetation succession remain unclear. To fill this knowledge gap, this study investigated these connections to explore major factors that affected vegetation succession, which is meaningful to designing management measures to restore these degraded ecosystems.

Methods

This study investig

SUBMITTER: Chang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11229685 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature