Fine roots benefit soil physical properties key to mitigate soil detachment capacity following the restoration of eroded land

Background and aims Trait-based approaches are increasingly used to improve ecological restoration in degraded ecosystems. The aim of this study was to evaluate how vegetation controls soil detachment capacity ( D c ) by concentrated flow based on the linkages between root traits and soil physics. M...

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Published in:Plant and soil 2020, Vol.446 (1-2), p.487-501
Main Authors: Hao, Haoxin, Di, Hanyue, Jiao, Xiong, Wang, Junguang, Guo, Zhonglu, Shi, Zhihua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Diameters
Ecological monitoring
Ecological restoration
Ecology
Ecosystems
Environmental aspects
Environmental restoration
Grasslands
Land degradation
Land use
Life Sciences
Mitigation
Physical properties
Physiological aspects
Plant Physiology
Plant Sciences
Plant-soil relationships
Porosity
Prediction models
Prevention
Properties
Regular Article
Restoration
Roots
Roots (Botany)
Shear strength
Soil conservation
Soil density
Soil erosion
Soil improvement
Soil physical properties
Soil physics
Soil porosity
Soil properties
Soil Science & Conservation
Soil stability
Soil strength
Soils
Topsoil
Vegetation
Water erosion
Woodlands
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Summary:Background and aims Trait-based approaches are increasingly used to improve ecological restoration in degraded ecosystems. The aim of this study was to evaluate how vegetation controls soil detachment capacity ( D c ) by concentrated flow based on the linkages between root traits and soil physics. Methods We selected 60 plots along a land degradation gradient caused by long-term water erosion in a small catchment, central China. These plots consisted of woodlands, scrublands, grasslands and bare lands. And soil physical properties, root traits and D c were measured in each plot. Results Fine roots (0.2 mm 
ISSN:0032-079X
1573-5036
DOI:10.1007/s11104-019-04353-x