Optimizing mangrove afforestation: Mollusc biodiversity comparisons reveal optimal mudflat-mangrove area ratio.

ABSTRACT: In recent decades, mangrove wetlands globally have suffered from human activities and climate change, leading to issues like area reduction, degraded ecological functions and declining biodiversity. Restoration efforts, primarily through mangrove afforestation (i.e. mangrove plantation in mudflats), have been widespread, yet they often overlook the significance of unvegetated mudflats. In addition, under the condition that the total area of suitable mudflats is limited, the problem of what is the threshold of mangrove forests and unvegetated mudflats to better protect mangrove biodiversity has not been solved. Therefore, this study conducted a field survey of molluscs in mangrove wetlands in Hainan Island in China and explored the relative importance of mangroves and unvegetated mudflats t

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11416864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature