CONSEQUENCES OF THE PHYSICAL MANAGEMENT OF AN INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT FOR RIPARIAN PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Cockel ◽  
A. M. Gurnell ◽  
J. Gurnell
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Alien Plant ◽  
Invasive Alien Plant ◽  
Species Richness And Diversity ◽  
Riparian Plant

Effects of salinisation on riparian plant communities in experimental catchments on the Collie River, Western Australia

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 667 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Lymbery ◽  
R. G. Doupé ◽  
N. E. Pettit
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Soil Salinity ◽  
Riparian Vegetation ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Perennial Herb ◽  
Groundwater Levels ◽  
Riparian Plant Communities ◽  
Riparian Plant

Although the salinisation of streams has long been recognised as one of Western Australia's most serious environmental and resource problems, there is very little published information on the effects of salinisation on riparian flora and fauna. We studied riparian vegetation in three experimental catchments on the Collie River in Western Australia. The catchments are situated within a 5-km area of state forest and are geologically and botanically similar, but differ in the extent of clearing, groundwater levels and stream salinity. In each catchment, transects were taken perpendicular to the direction of streamflow, and 4-m2 quadrats taken along each transect. Within each quadrat, soil salinity was measured, all plants were identified to species level and percentage cover estimated. The catchments differed significantly in soil salinity, with salinity being greatest in the most extensively cleared catchment and increasing towards the floor of the valley. Plant-species richness, species diversity and species composition were significantly related to soil salinity, both among catchments and among quadrats within the most extensively cleared catchment. Plant-species richness and diversity decreased with increasing soil salinity, an effect that may be partly due to a decline in perennial herb and shrub species. This may have an impact on other components of the riparian ecosystem.

Plant species richness and diversity in urban and peri-urban gardens of Niamey, Niger

2009 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Bernholt ◽  
Katja Kehlenbeck ◽  
Jens Gebauer ◽  
Andreas Buerkert
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Urban Gardens ◽  
Species Richness And Diversity

Factors shaping alien plant species richness spatial patterns across Natura 2000 Special Areas of Conservation of Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 601-602 ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos ◽  
Sotirios Koukoulas ◽  
Alexandros Galanidis ◽  
Pinelopi Delipetrou ◽  
Dimitris Gounaridis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Alien Plant Species ◽  
Alien Plant ◽  
Of Greece

scholarly journals Groundwater discharge creates hotspots of riparian plant species richness in a boreal forest stream network

Ecology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Kuglerová ◽  
Roland Jansson ◽  
Anneli Ågren ◽  
Hjalmar Laudon ◽  
Birgitta Malm-Renöfält
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Groundwater Discharge ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Stream Network ◽  
Forest Stream ◽  
Riparian Plant
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