Response of spontaneous plant communities to microhabitats in a riparian corridor in Beijing, China.

ABSTRACT: With the increasing urban environmental problems, spontaneous vegetation has been gradually emphasized for high ecological value, whose distribution has been reported as strongly influenced by fine-scale environmental factors. As one of the major zones for urban spontaneous vegetation distribution, urban riparian corridors are well suited for research on the response of spontaneous plants to microhabitats. Taking the Wenyu River-North Canal in Beijing as the study site, we measured six microhabitat factors, including the level of maintenance and visitor activity, canopy density, litter thickness, and distance to water and road, to investigate their effects on spontaneous plant assemblages. The results showed that spontaneous plants respond significantly to fine-scale habitat variation, and

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11291486 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature