naa a22 4500 510762794 CHVBK 20180411083145.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11355-012-0199-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11355-012-0199-y Can perennial dominant grass Miscanthus sinensis be nurse plant in recovery of degraded hilly land landscape in South China? [Elektronische Daten] [Long Yang, Hai Ren, Nan Liu, Jun Wang] Perennial C4 grasses, especially Miscanthus sinensis, are widely distributed in the degraded lands in South China. We transplanted native and exotic tree seedlings under the canopy of M.sinensis to assess the interaction (competition or facilitation) between dominant grass M.sinensis and tree seedlings. The results of growth, chlorophyll fluorescence, and ultrastructure showed that negative effects may be stronger in perennial dominant grass M.sinensis. Although M.sinensis buffered the air temperature, improved soil structure, and increased soil phosphorus content, these beneficial effects were outweighed by the detrimental effect, especially overshading. To ensure the establishment of target native species in M.sinensis communities in degraded lands of South China, restoration strategies should include removing aboveground vegetation, planting target species seedlings in openings to reduce the effects of canopy shading, and/or selecting competition-tolerant target species. Also, seedlings of exotic species used in restoration engineering cannot be directly planted under the canopy of M.sinensis. International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering and Springer, 2012 Miscanthus sinensis nationallicence Dominant grass nationallicence Nurse plant nationallicence Competitive plant nationallicence South China nationallicence Yang Long Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut Ren Hai Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut Liu Nan Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut Wang Jun Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut Landscape and Ecological Engineering Springer Japan 9/2(2013-07-01), 213-225 1860-1871 9:2<213 2013 9 11355 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-012-0199-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-012-0199-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang Long Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ren Hai Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Nan Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Jun Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Landscape and Ecological Engineering Springer Japan 9/2(2013-07-01), 213-225 1860-1871 9:2<213 2013 9 11355 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer