Willow Aboveground and Belowground Traits Can Predict Phytoremediation Services.

ABSTRACT: The increasing number of contaminated sites worldwide calls for sustainable remediation, such as phytoremediation, in which plants are used to decontaminate soils. We hypothesized that better anchoring phytoremediation in plant ecophysiology has the potential to drastically improve its predictability. In this study, we explored how the community composition, diversity and coppicing of willow plantations, influenced phytoremediation services in a four-year field trial. We also evaluated how community-level plant functional traits might be used as predictors of phytoremediation services, which would be a promising avenue for plant selection in phytoremediation. We found no consistent impact of neither willow diversity nor coppicing on phytoremediation services directly. These services were r

SUBMITTER: Gervais-Bergeron B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8471398 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature