Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal
The Grain-for-Green Program in China is one of the largest payments for ecosystem services programs, and it is regarded as effective for protecting the ecological environment and mitigating disasters. However, research into the effects of revegetation on seed dispersal as an ecosystem service remain...
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| author | Fei Yu Jiaxin Li Linjun Zhang Ganggang Zhang Yueqin Yang Yang Wang Xianfeng Yi |
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| description | The Grain-for-Green Program in China is one of the largest payments for ecosystem services programs, and it is regarded as effective for protecting the ecological environment and mitigating disasters. However, research into the effects of revegetation on seed dispersal as an ecosystem service remains limited. Thus, we compared the effects of different types of vegetation restoration (i.e., natural forest (NF), Grain-for-Green forest (GG), and abandoned cropland (AC)) in the Taihang Mountains on the rodent abundance, seed dispersal, and seedling recruitment in Quercus variabilis forest and the pathways involved. The results showed that NF and GG clearly had similar effects on the rodent composition and abundance, but the seed removal rate, seed dispersal distance, and scatter-hoarded proportion were higher under GG than AC, thereby indicating that GG may provide a similar seed dispersal service compared to NF. By contrast, the scatter-hoarding acorn proportions and dispersal distance were significantly lower under AC than NF. Therefore, GG stands could supply an equivalent seed dispersal service to NF, as well as increasing the rodent composition and abundance, and improving the seed dispersal services and capacity for plant movement, thereby contributing to accelerated vegetation restoration at the landscape scale, with significant implications for conserving biodiversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1130748a5e174aa7ae89dc298af4650f2023-09-16T05:29:09ZengElsevierEcological Indicators1470-160X2023-10-01154110512Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersalFei Yu0Jiaxin Li1Linjun Zhang2Ganggang Zhang3Yueqin Yang4Yang Wang5Xianfeng Yi6College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China; Ecological Engineering Technology Research Center of Yellow River Basin, Henan province, Xinxiang 453007, China; Corresponding author at: College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China.College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, ChinaCollege of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273100, ChinaThe Grain-for-Green Program in China is one of the largest payments for ecosystem services programs, and it is regarded as effective for protecting the ecological environment and mitigating disasters. However, research into the effects of revegetation on seed dispersal as an ecosystem service remains limited. Thus, we compared the effects of different types of vegetation restoration (i.e., natural forest (NF), Grain-for-Green forest (GG), and abandoned cropland (AC)) in the Taihang Mountains on the rodent abundance, seed dispersal, and seedling recruitment in Quercus variabilis forest and the pathways involved. The results showed that NF and GG clearly had similar effects on the rodent composition and abundance, but the seed removal rate, seed dispersal distance, and scatter-hoarded proportion were higher under GG than AC, thereby indicating that GG may provide a similar seed dispersal service compared to NF. By contrast, the scatter-hoarding acorn proportions and dispersal distance were significantly lower under AC than NF. Therefore, GG stands could supply an equivalent seed dispersal service to NF, as well as increasing the rodent composition and abundance, and improving the seed dispersal services and capacity for plant movement, thereby contributing to accelerated vegetation restoration at the landscape scale, with significant implications for conserving biodiversity.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23006544Natural forestRodentScatter-cachingSeed dispersalVegetation restoration |
| spellingShingle | Fei Yu Jiaxin Li Linjun Zhang Ganggang Zhang Yueqin Yang Yang Wang Xianfeng Yi Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal Ecological Indicators Natural forest Rodent Scatter-caching Seed dispersal Vegetation restoration |
| title | Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal |
| title_full | Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal |
| title_fullStr | Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal |
| title_short | Grain-for-green accelerates functional restoration of rodent-mediated seed dispersal |
| title_sort | grain for green accelerates functional restoration of rodent mediated seed dispersal |
| topic | Natural forest Rodent Scatter-caching Seed dispersal Vegetation restoration |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23006544 |
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