Cushion plant Silene acaulis is a pioneer species at abandoned coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard
Abstract Background Abandoned coal piles after the closure of mines have a potential negative influence on the environment, such as soil acidification and heavy metal contamination. Therefore, revegetation by efficient species is required. For this, we wanted to identify the role of Silene acaulis i...
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crspringernat:10.1186/s41610-020-00177-4 2023-05-15T14:56:58+02:00 Cushion plant Silene acaulis is a pioneer species at abandoned coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard Oh, Minwoo Lee, Eun Ju National Research Foundation of Korea Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41610-020-00177-4 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s41610-020-00177-4.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41610-020-00177-4/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Journal of Ecology and Environment volume 45, issue 1 ISSN 2288-1220 Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1186/s41610-020-00177-4 2022-01-04T11:59:40Z Abstract Background Abandoned coal piles after the closure of mines have a potential negative influence on the environment, such as soil acidification and heavy metal contamination. Therefore, revegetation by efficient species is required. For this, we wanted to identify the role of Silene acaulis in the succession of coal piles as a pioneer and a nurse plant. S. acaulis is a well-studied cushion plant living in the Arctic and alpine environments in the northern hemisphere. It has a highly compact cushion-like form and hosts more plant species under its canopy by ameliorating stressful microhabitats. In this research, we surveyed vegetation cover on open plots and co-occurring species within S. acaulis cushions in coal piles with different slope aspects and a control site where no coal was found. The plant cover and the similarity of communities among sites were compared. Also, the interaction effects of S. acaulis were assessed by rarefaction curves. Results S. acaulis was a dominant species with the highest cover (6.7%) on the coal piles and occurred with other well-known pioneer species. Plant communities on the coal piles were significantly different from the control site. We found that the pioneer species S. acaulis showed facilitation, neutral, and competition effect in the north-east facing slope, the south-east facing slope, and the flat ground, respectively. This result was consistent with the stress gradient hypothesis because the facilitation only occurred on the north-east facing slope, which was the most stressed condition, although all the interactions observed were not statistically significant. Conclusions S. acaulis was a dominant pioneer plant in the succession of coal piles. The interaction effect of S. acaulis on other species depended on the slope and its direction on the coal piles. Overall, it plays an important role in the succession of coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Silene acaulis Svalbard Springer Nature (via Crossref) Arctic Svalbard Journal of Ecology and Environment 45 1 |
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Abstract Background Abandoned coal piles after the closure of mines have a potential negative influence on the environment, such as soil acidification and heavy metal contamination. Therefore, revegetation by efficient species is required. For this, we wanted to identify the role of Silene acaulis in the succession of coal piles as a pioneer and a nurse plant. S. acaulis is a well-studied cushion plant living in the Arctic and alpine environments in the northern hemisphere. It has a highly compact cushion-like form and hosts more plant species under its canopy by ameliorating stressful microhabitats. In this research, we surveyed vegetation cover on open plots and co-occurring species within S. acaulis cushions in coal piles with different slope aspects and a control site where no coal was found. The plant cover and the similarity of communities among sites were compared. Also, the interaction effects of S. acaulis were assessed by rarefaction curves. Results S. acaulis was a dominant species with the highest cover (6.7%) on the coal piles and occurred with other well-known pioneer species. Plant communities on the coal piles were significantly different from the control site. We found that the pioneer species S. acaulis showed facilitation, neutral, and competition effect in the north-east facing slope, the south-east facing slope, and the flat ground, respectively. This result was consistent with the stress gradient hypothesis because the facilitation only occurred on the north-east facing slope, which was the most stressed condition, although all the interactions observed were not statistically significant. Conclusions S. acaulis was a dominant pioneer plant in the succession of coal piles. The interaction effect of S. acaulis on other species depended on the slope and its direction on the coal piles. Overall, it plays an important role in the succession of coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard. |
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Cushion plant Silene acaulis is a pioneer species at abandoned coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard |
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Cushion plant Silene acaulis is a pioneer species at abandoned coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard |
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Cushion plant Silene acaulis is a pioneer species at abandoned coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard |
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Cushion plant Silene acaulis is a pioneer species at abandoned coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard |
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Cushion plant Silene acaulis is a pioneer species at abandoned coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard |
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