Effects of habitat factors on the plant diversity on naturally-restored wind farm slopes.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated naturally-restored plant communities on wind farm slopes and analyzed the effects of various habitat factors on the plant diversity. The findings provide a technical support for the ecological restoration of mountainous slopes.Twenty-one slopes on five wind farms were selected and the characteristics of the habitat, including slope position, slope aspect, slope gradient, altitude, years since restoration, and plant communities, were recorded. The species richness of the plant communities and the vegetation diversity indexes of these wind farms were measured and calculated, including the Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H'), Pielou's species evenness index (J), and Margalef's richness index (R). The key factors influencing plant diversity were ide

SUBMITTER: Wang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985415 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature