Effect of Artificial Grassland Establishing on the Vegetation Restoration in the Degraded Ecosystem

Abstract:

Experiment was executed to plant Bromus inermis artificially in the degraded ecosystem, and study effect of grass planting on vegetation restoration. The results indicated that natural vegetation restored rapidly in the degraded ecosystem in two years after grass planted. But species diversity changed little in the early period of vegetation restoration, while vegetation biomass, coverage and anti-interference improved quickly. In addition, species number and important value of perennial grasses increased while those of annual grasses decreased. Then community composition with annual plants mainly changed gradually into that with perennial plants mainly after Bromus inermis planted. However, overground biomass and coverage of restored vegetation and dominance of Bromus inermis planted decreased after vegetation cut once a year. And species diversity and important value of annual grasses increased. Thus it could be good for uniformity of species distribution and stability of community composition and structure to develop.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 955-959)
• Pages: 3474-3478
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.955-959.3474
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Tie Jun Sun*
• Keywords: Artificial Grassland, Degraded Ecosystem, Vegetation Restoration

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