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SUBMITTER: Zhu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5626776 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Xiai X Shen Youxin Y He Beibei B Zhao Zhimeng Z
Scientific reports 20171003 1
Rock outcrop is an important habitat supporting plant communities in karst landscape. However, information on the restoration of higher biotic populations on outcrops is limited. Here, we investigated the diversity, biomass changes of higher vascular plants (VP) and humus soil (HS) on karst outcrops during a restoration process. We surveyed VP on rock outcrops and measured HS reserved by various rock microhabitats in a rock desertification ecosystem (RDE), an anthropogenic forest ecosystem (AFE) ...[more]