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Several serious environmental impacts related to quarrying activities on and near the river, such as vibrations, land degradation, land subsidence and landslides, water pollution, occupational ...
The present review is carried out to understand the adverse impacts of mines and quarrying in the Himalayan region. To better understand, Himalayas are divided into two parts western and eastern on the basis of geographic location. ... Changes in plant diversity and community attributes of coal mine affected forest in relation to a …
(1) Background: Heterotrophs can affect plant biomass and alter species diversity–productivity relationships. However, these studies were conducted in systems with a low nitrogen (N) availability, and it is unclear how heterotroph removal affects the relationship between plant species diversity and productivity in different N habitats. (2) …
Land-use intensification is one of the main drivers threatening biodiversity in managed grasslands. Despite multiple studies investigating the effect of different land-use components in driving …
In contrast to the plant biomass, grazing did not significantly affect species richness or evenness (Fig. 2), suggesting that biomass is more sensitive to grazing than diversity. This finding is inconsistent with the results of a previous meta-analysis by Herrero-Jauregui and Oesterheld (2018), who reported that livestock grazing decreased ...
2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, …
(1) Background: Heterotrophs can affect plant biomass and alter species diversity-productivity relationships. However, these studies were conducted in systems with a low nitrogen (N) availability, and it is unclear how heterotroph removal affects the relationship between plant species diversity and …
The direct and indirect exploitation of plants and environmental changes such as global warming and pollution are significantly affecting plant biodiversity. This section discusses the anthropogenic impact on plant species richness and diversity as well as exotic plant species colonization.
In this article, we compile and synthesize the contributions of the latest available research on quarry restoration. We depict and discuss some of the most pressing issues regarding (1) the challenges of …
Despite the exceptional species richness and endemism, the environmental drivers of plant diversity along old tropical mountains remain under-explored. The respective importance of vegetation types, elevation, slope, and soil to drive diversity across life-forms is poorly addressed. Here, we tested whether environmental variables …
Soil is the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems and an important factor affecting plant diversity (Mureva and Ward, 2017). The relationship between soil properties and plant diversity has always been the focus of ecological research and has been studied extensively (Bedford et al., 1999; Ward et al., 2001; Wubs and Bezemer, …
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Media Room Our Leadership Featured. Henry A. Fernandez. Recognition ... native vascular-plant species and 2) have lost 70% of primary vegetation. 3. Over 20% of global mines (641 out of 3,146) owned by MSCI ACWI IMI constituents as of Oct. 30, 2020, were located in regions identified as biodiversity …
At this scale, geomorphological heterogeneity (or geomorphodiversity) induced by quarrying provides a diversity of ecological niches adapted to a wide range …
Climate extremes in tandem with biodiversity change affect plant emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds, as a result, the formation of biogenic secondary organic aerosols. The resulting ...
This study was carried out in quarry site at Ogbere town located at Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State; with main aim of assessing the impact of the quarry activity on bio-diversity ...
Download scientific diagram | Soil bulk density of quarry and non-quarry areas from publication: Effects of stone mining on woody plant species diversity and selected soil properties in northern ...
Land conversion is one of the major global changes that threaten population viability. As with many industrial activities, quarrying highly modifies land cover, …
resources mostly acting at the plant-to-plant spatial level (Luzuriaga et al. 2012). So, perennial and more exigent species progressively replace the annual ruderal ones …
Woody and non-woody plant species conservation is one of the ecosystem services provided by agroforestry (AF) systems across the agricultural landscapes. Little attention has been paid to assessing the conservation of plant diversity in AF systems. This study was, thus, aimed at investigating plant species diversity, structure, and …
Plant diversity strongly influences ecosystem functions and services, such as soil carbon storage. However, the mechanisms underlying the positive plant diversity effects on soil carbon storage ...
These plant community stages were naturally established in the restoration process without disturbance (Zhang, 2005).Their composition, structure and environmental characteristics were greatly variable (Table 1, Table 2).Time since abandonment of community varied from 2 to 50 years, and correspondingly, the composition of plant …
For those studies that reported fauna by groups, the responses of fauna abundance and diversity to plant mixture were similar among trophic and body size groups but different among taxonomic groups (Fig. 4).Specifically, both the abundance and diversity of Arancida increased in response to plant mixtures, but those of other groups …
Background Temperate forest understorey vegetation poses an excellent study system to investigate whether increases in resource availability lead to an increase in plant species richness. Most sunlight is absorbed by the species-poor tree canopy, making the much more species-rich understorey species inhabit a severely resource …
Plant diversity is positively related with soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in many ecosystems 1,2,3,4,5.The most likely reason for this is that plant diversity positively affects plant ...
1. Introduction. Afforestation is recognized as an effective way to mitigate climate change (IPCC, 2014, Bastin et al., 2019).In recent decades, the area of planted forests has continuously increased and currently accounts for 7% of the total global forest area (FAO, 2020).Afforestation influences the composition of soil microbial community …
When considering ecosystems separately, increased plant species diversity was also found to significantly affect all four trophic groups in both agroecosystems and grasslands, while in forests ...
While quarrying can cause significant negative impacts on geo- and biodiversity during the extractive operations, abandoned quarries can enhance …
Mining and quarrying activities can introduce stressful environmental conditions for plants such as heavy metal contamination and low pH in soil ( Fazlioglu et al., 2017, Jung and Thornton, 1996, Lee et al., 2001, Wan et al., 2019 ). Bioavailable …
Purpose Simultaneous effects of more than one global change driver on ecosystem functioning have rarely been assessed. Methods We disentangled the effects of region encompassing climatic and edaphic conditions, forest-management intensity and community plant diversity on litterfall quantity, quality and turnover in 27 temperate …
We examined the effects of mining and quarrying activities on CSR strategies, species diversity, functional composition (community-weighted mean – CWM), and functional diversity (Rao's and Mason's indexes) of plant species from nearby an active Cu-Pb-Zn mine site and an agricultural site away from the mine.
It reduces floristic diversity and native plant populations since they are more sensitive to disturbance. Further, overgrazing can contribute to organic matter depletion, soil compaction, erosion, and changes in microorganism communities. ... Mining and quarrying cause land-use and land-cover changes. In addition, those activities …
Stone mining can affect biodiversity by disturbing plant growth by settling on leaves and hinder photosynthesis thus disrupting food chains (Akanwa et al. 2017; Gabarrón et al. 2019). Furthermore, in this …
ABSTRACT. The use of cover crops and increased plant diversity in agricultural systems can improve soil quality. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the short-term impacts of plant functional diversity and cattle grazing on: (i) soil organic C and N stocks and their fractions, (ii) soil microbial biomass and activity, (iii) enzymatic …
The results show that tree species diversity and chlorophyll content increased at an increasing ground distance away from the quarrying site with high tree species diversity index and evenly ...
Plant diversity effects on community productivity often increase over time. Whether the strengthening of diversity effects is caused by temporal shifts in species-level overyielding (i.e., higher ...
For instance, some plants secrete chemicals that promote the growth and diversity of beneficial microbes that boost plant growth and productivity (Hajihashemi et al., 2020; Liu et al., 2020). Plant growth and productivity can be increased even in harsh conditions by adding these compounds to the soil to improve its structure and water …