Using knowledge of plant persistence traits to optimize strategies for post-mine ecological restoration on the peruvian altiplano

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dc.contributor.authorFlores-Alvarez, J.L.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorLadd, B.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorVelez-Azañero, A.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorDe Mola, U.L.es_ES
dc.contributor.authorBonser, S.es_ES
dc.date.accessioned6/22/2022 13:33
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-30T17:01:48Z
dc.date.available6/22/2022 13:33
dc.date.available2022-09-30T17:01:48Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe Peruvian Altiplano is an important center of mining activity. As a key hotspot for endemic biodiversity in Peru, it also has conservation value. Thus, ecological restoration strategies need to be developed to ensure that mining impacts on these biodiversity values are minimized. As a step toward this larger objective, we measured the composition of the soil seed bank on the Peruvian Altiplano and compared it with the standing vegetation in different plant communities. We calculated evolved persistence traits to evaluate the suitability of topsoil removal, storage, and redeployment as an ecological restoration strategy for the Peruvian Altiplano. The comparison demonstrates low similarities (Sorensen Index for sites A: 0.15, B:0.27, C:0.11, and D:0.12) between the seed bank and the standing vegetation. The flora of the germinable soil seed bank is dominated by ephemeral species. Meanwhile, the standing flora contains a higher percentage of perennial species, many of which invest in the capacity to persist via resprouting from underground storage organs. It is clear that the well-established restoration technique of topsoil removal, storage, and redeployment needs to be tested and will probably need modification to be an effective strategy for the Peruvian Altiplano. The required modifications are relatively straightforward and would ensure that this low-cost and effective restoration technique could be applied to good effect on the Peruvian Altiplano. © 2018 Li Flores-Alvarez et al.es_ES
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dc.identifier.doi10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00088.1es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00088.1
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherInternational Mountain Societyes_ES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesses_ES
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es_ES
dc.sourceMountain Research and Developmentes_ES
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciencees_ES
dc.subjectSocial Scienceses_ES
dc.subject.ocdehttp://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.00.00es_ES
dc.titleUsing knowledge of plant persistence traits to optimize strategies for post-mine ecological restoration on the peruvian altiplanoes_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_ES
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