| Relating plant diversity to biomass and soil erosion in a cultivated landscape of the eastern seaboard region of Thailand | |
| Shrestha, Rajendra P.1; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich2; Gnanavelrajah, Nalina3 | |
| 2010-12-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | APPLIED GEOGRAPHY
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| 卷号 | 30期号:4页码:606-617 |
| 摘要 | Plant diversity can affect ecological processes through effects on biomass and soil condition. A study was carried out in an agricultural watershed of Thailand to document plant species richness of different agricultural land uses and to assess its relationship with biomass and soil erosion. A nested sampling design of 20 x 20 m, 10 x 10 m, 5 x 5 m and 1 x 1 m quadrats was employed to study species richness of three categories of plants: herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees. Interviews were conducted with farmers who owned the cultivated fields where sampling plots were located. Plant diversity was assessed by computing Shannon index, Simpson index, and Species richness. Species utility index, which is the percentage of species identified as useful, was also estimated for each land use. Biomass was estimated using methodology recommended by FAO and soil erosion was estimated using the universal soil loss equation (USLE). From among the different land use types, mixed orchard ranked first in terms of plant diversity while paddy ranked last. Land uses with monocropping of shrubs, such as cassava, pineapple and sugarcane had lower plant diversity than land uses with monocropping of trees, such as coconut and para rubber. Monocropping of eucalyptus was an exception. Rotations of monocrops, namely pineapple-cassava and sugarcane-cassava, or intercropping, namely coconut-cassava, also had a higher plant diversity as compared to monocropping of shrubs. The highest species utility index of 61 was found in orchards, the lowest of 9 was found in Eucalyptus plantations. Plant diversity was found to have a significant positive correlation with biomass and a negative, though non-significant, correlation with soil erosion. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| 关键词 | Plant Diversity Agricultural Land Uses Biomass Erosion Thailand |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.01.005 |
| 收录类别 | SSCi |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000283010700013 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/23896 |
| 专题 | 资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Sch Environm Resources & Dev, Asian Inst Technol, Klongluang 12120, Pathumthani, Thailand 2.Ctr Mt Ecosyst Studies, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650204, Peoples R China 3.Univ Jaffna, Fac Agr, Thinnavey, NP, Sri Lanka |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shrestha, Rajendra P.,Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich,Gnanavelrajah, Nalina. Relating plant diversity to biomass and soil erosion in a cultivated landscape of the eastern seaboard region of Thailand[J]. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY,2010,30(4):606-617. |
| APA | Shrestha, Rajendra P.,Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich,&Gnanavelrajah, Nalina.(2010).Relating plant diversity to biomass and soil erosion in a cultivated landscape of the eastern seaboard region of Thailand.APPLIED GEOGRAPHY,30(4),606-617. |
| MLA | Shrestha, Rajendra P.,et al."Relating plant diversity to biomass and soil erosion in a cultivated landscape of the eastern seaboard region of Thailand".APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 30.4(2010):606-617. |
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