Belowground bud banks and land use change: roles of vegetation and soil properties in mediating the composition of bud banks in different ecosystems
Jing Wu,
Xianzhang Hou,
Lan Xu
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionBelowground bud banks play integral roles in vegetation regeneration and ecological succession of plant communities; however, human-caused changes in land use severely threaten their resilience and regrowth. Although vegetation attributes and soil properties mediate such anthropogenic effects, their influence on bud bank size and composition and its regulatory mechanisms under land use change have not been explored.MethodsWe conducted a field investigation to examine impacts of land use change on b… Show more
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