Soil–plant interactions in a pasture of the Italian Alps

Journal of plant interactions

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Chiara Ferré¹  Marco Caccianiga²  Magda Zanzottera²  Roberto Comolli¹ 

[1] a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milan Bicocca University;b Department of Biosciences, Milan University;c Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Insubria University

关键词: Alpine pasture;    spatial variability;    soil diversity;    plant community;    CSR strategy;   

DOI  :  10.1080/17429145.2020.1738570

学科分类：纳米科学和纳米技术

来源: Taylor & Francis

【 摘 要 】

A detailed assessment of a pasture’s functioning based on soil properties characterization, floristic composition, and ‘functional summary’ by evaluating competitor–stress tolerator–ruderal (CSR) strategies is provided for a doline in Central Italian Alps. A floristic survey was carried out at 35 sampling points, representative of the main topographic features, soil and vegetation types; the functional profile at the community level was evaluated by assessing for each species its Grime’s CSR strategy; each point was characterized through soil profiles and topsoil (0–10 cm) sampling; pH, soil organic carbon and total nitrogen, available P, soil humus fraction, root density, bulk density, water content, and available water capacity were determined. Our study showed i) a strong relationship between vegetation, soil properties, topography, and grazing; ii) a prevalence of stress-tolerant strategies; iii) the ability of plant strategy variation to reflect the ecological parameters; and iv) the vegetation potentiality to be an indicator of environmental spatial variability.

【 授权许可】

CC BY|CC BY-NC