Effects of tree diversity and stand structure on above-ground carbon storage in evergreen broad-leaved and deciduous forests in Southeast Vietnam

Nguyen, Thanh Tuan; Rodríguez-Hernández, Diego I.; Tuan, Vu Cong; Quy, Nguyen Van; Obiakara, Maxwell C.; Hufton, Joshua

doi:10.12657/denbio.088.003

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“…None of the human technologies and innovations have a chance to be better than the natural adaptation solutions. Apart from agriculture and forestry, it is important to provide space for the unmanaged wildlife habitats [145]. The ecosystems developing in unmanaged habitats, including the valuable, but poor oligotrophic post-mineral excavation sites, are crucial for providing the ecosystem services for the densely populated urban-industry landscapes.…”

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Plant Diversity and Species Composition in Relation to Soil Enzymatic Activity in the Novel Ecosystems of Urban–Industrial Landscapes

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The primary producers and processes of matter and energy flow, reflected by the soil enzyme activity, are the basics of all ecosystem functioning processes. This paper reviews the relationships between the plant diversity, the physicochemical substrate parameters, and the soil enzymatic activity in novel ecosystems of the urban–industrial landscape, where the factors driving soil enzyme activity are not fully understood and still need to be studied. The relationship between the biotic and abiotic factors in the development of novel ecosystems on de novo established habitats, e.g., sites of post-mineral excavation, are shaped in ways unknown from the natural and the semi-natural habitats. The main criteria of de novo established ecosystems are the vegetation patches of the non-analogous species composition created as a result of human impact. The non-analogous species assemblages are associated with different microorganism communities because the biomass and the biochemistry of soil organic matter influence the enzyme activity of soil substrates. Moreover, the soil enzyme activity is an indicator that can dynamically reflect the changes in the microbial community structure dependent on the best-adapted plant species, thanks to the particular traits and individual adaptive adjustments of all the plant species present. This way, soil enzyme activity reflects the sum and the interactions of the elements of the ecosystem structure, irrespective of the vegetation history and the habitat origin.

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confidence: 99%