Effects of geomorphology and soil conditions on vegetation structure in conserved desert wadis: A case study of Jal Al-Zor escarpment, Kuwait
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Abd El-Wahab, Raafat H.; Bihzad, Mohammed A.; Al-Langawi, Alham J. |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
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| 出版日期 | 2020 |
| 卷号 | 17期号:3页码:588-601 |
| 关键词 | Arabian desert Vegetation structure Wadi system Alpha diversity Clustering analysis |
| ISSN号 | 1672-6316 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11629-019-5538-0 |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | Variations in phytogeography of Jal Al-Zor wadi system in Sabah Al Ahmad Nature Reserve, an arid national park in Kuwait, in relation to physiographic and edaphic conditions were investigated using alpha diversity and multivariate analyses. A total of 66 plant species were recorded at low-relief and high-relief wadis. Altitude and slope gradients, grain size distribution and soil texture properties had a significant relationship with plant cover and plant diversity. There was a high diversity of life-forms along the wadi system with a dominant of therophytes (annuals) particularly in spring after winter rainfalls. Chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes were the dominant perennial life-forms. A chorological analysis documents the strong effect of Saharo-Arabian chorotype on the vegetation of the study area. Cluster analysis clarified eight vegetation assemblages along altitude and slope gradients within the wadi system. Alpha diversity of plant species was greater in plant assemblages at low-relief wadis than at high-relief wadis. Vegetation structure in this study showed that phytogeographically, wadis of Jal Al-Zor were closely related to the wadis in the Arabian deserts. The slope gradient pattern and edaphic conditions of plant assemblages and plant diversity in the conserved wadis of Jal Al-Zor may be suggested as a reference model for restoration strategy of disturbed low elevated wadis in the surrounding desert regions. Restoration would include propagation of suitable plants such as Stipagrostis plumosa - Haloxylon salicornicum - Rhanterium epapposum. |
| 电子版国际标准刊号 | 1993-0321 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000519163500007 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/46779]  |
| 专题 | Journal of Mountain Science_Journal of Mountain Science-2020_Vol17 No.3 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Abd El-Wahab, Raafat H.,Bihzad, Mohammed A.,Al-Langawi, Alham J.. Effects of geomorphology and soil conditions on vegetation structure in conserved desert wadis: A case study of Jal Al-Zor escarpment, Kuwait[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2020,17(3):588-601. |
| APA | Abd El-Wahab, Raafat H.,Bihzad, Mohammed A.,&Al-Langawi, Alham J..(2020).Effects of geomorphology and soil conditions on vegetation structure in conserved desert wadis: A case study of Jal Al-Zor escarpment, Kuwait.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,17(3),588-601. |
| MLA | Abd El-Wahab, Raafat H.,et al."Effects of geomorphology and soil conditions on vegetation structure in conserved desert wadis: A case study of Jal Al-Zor escarpment, Kuwait".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 17.3(2020):588-601. |
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来源：成都山地灾害与环境研究所
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