Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates

Restoration in degraded gypsum areas is challenging due to physical-chemical soil characteristics that limit plant development. Facilitation mediated by the stress-adapted gypsophytes may be a key process in restoration because it potentially favors the establishment of lower stress-adapted species...

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Autores: Foronda, Ana, Pueyo, Yolanda, Castillejo, José Miguel, Giner, María de la Luz, Alados, Concepción L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Plant succession
Gypsophytes
Gypsum spoil
Nurse plants
Pioneer species
Restoration
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spelling Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substratesForonda, AnaPueyo, YolandaCastillejo, José MiguelGiner, María de la LuzAlados, Concepción L.Plant successionGypsophytesGypsum spoilNurse plantsPioneer speciesRestorationRestoration in degraded gypsum areas is challenging due to physical-chemical soil characteristics that limit plant development. Facilitation mediated by the stress-adapted gypsophytes may be a key process in restoration because it potentially favors the establishment of lower stress-adapted species underneath, promoting plant succession. This study aimed to assess the suitability of the gypsophyte Gypsophila struthium Loefl. for restoring vegetation in gypsum mines, focusing on its role as a pioneer species that may act as an ecosystem engineer and hence as a nurse plant. We conducted a vegetation survey in a gypsum mine in NE Spain, in plots where the original topsoil was reinserted in different years after the mineral extraction to study plant community succession and reorganization through time. Complementary, we set a sowing and planting experiment in a gypsum spoil dump to assess how G. struthium may positively affect soil and micro-environmental conditions and, consequently, may act as a nurse species facilitating plant establishment and development. To test the nurse role of G. struthium, we sowed seeds and planted seedlings of Helianthemum squamatum (L.) Pers. and Stipa lagascae Roem. & Schultz under the canopy of adult individuals of G. struthium, and in the bare soil. We found that G. struthium appeared as a pioneer shrub in the restored gypsum mine and accumulated plant diversity in the local vicinity in mature plant communities. This shrub had a positive effect on seed germination and seedling growth of the test species in the experiment and improved soil and micro-environmental conditions under its canopy. Therefore, we recommend two non-exclusive actions to enhance restoration in post-mining gypsum substrates: (1) to promote the establishment of the pioneer plant G. struthium by improving the physical-chemical and biological soil properties through the re-insertion of the original topsoil that contains propagules of the former community; (2) to apply active restoration actions, using G. struthium as a nurse plant through sowing seeds or planting seedlings of other species of interest under its canopy.This study was funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad-MINECO, Spain [CGL2012-37508 and CGL2016-80783-R]. A. Foronda was supported by a Ph.D. grant from MINECO [BES-2013-063852].Peer reviewedElsevierMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Foronda, Ana [0000-0001-8808-7988]Pueyo, Yolanda [0000-0001-6970-7790]Alados, Concepción L. [0000-0002-6227-861X]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202620262020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/415345https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85076229065reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2012-37508info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//CGL2016-80783-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//BES-2013-063852The underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104308https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104308Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/4153452026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
title Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
spellingShingle Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
Foronda, Ana
Plant succession
Gypsophytes
Gypsum spoil
Nurse plants
Pioneer species
Restoration
title_short Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
title_full Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
title_fullStr Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
title_full_unstemmed Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
title_sort Substrate-specialist plants for restoring vegetation in post-mining gypsum substrates
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Foronda, Ana
Pueyo, Yolanda
Castillejo, José Miguel
Giner, María de la Luz
Alados, Concepción L.
author Foronda, Ana
author_facet Foronda, Ana
Pueyo, Yolanda
Castillejo, José Miguel
Giner, María de la Luz
Alados, Concepción L.
author_role author
author2 Pueyo, Yolanda
Castillejo, José Miguel
Giner, María de la Luz
Alados, Concepción L.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Foronda, Ana [0000-0001-8808-7988]
Pueyo, Yolanda [0000-0001-6970-7790]
Alados, Concepción L. [0000-0002-6227-861X]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Plant succession
Gypsophytes
Gypsum spoil
Nurse plants
Pioneer species
Restoration
topic Plant succession
Gypsophytes
Gypsum spoil
Nurse plants
Pioneer species
Restoration
description Restoration in degraded gypsum areas is challenging due to physical-chemical soil characteristics that limit plant development. Facilitation mediated by the stress-adapted gypsophytes may be a key process in restoration because it potentially favors the establishment of lower stress-adapted species underneath, promoting plant succession. This study aimed to assess the suitability of the gypsophyte Gypsophila struthium Loefl. for restoring vegetation in gypsum mines, focusing on its role as a pioneer species that may act as an ecosystem engineer and hence as a nurse plant. We conducted a vegetation survey in a gypsum mine in NE Spain, in plots where the original topsoil was reinserted in different years after the mineral extraction to study plant community succession and reorganization through time. Complementary, we set a sowing and planting experiment in a gypsum spoil dump to assess how G. struthium may positively affect soil and micro-environmental conditions and, consequently, may act as a nurse species facilitating plant establishment and development. To test the nurse role of G. struthium, we sowed seeds and planted seedlings of Helianthemum squamatum (L.) Pers. and Stipa lagascae Roem. & Schultz under the canopy of adult individuals of G. struthium, and in the bare soil. We found that G. struthium appeared as a pioneer shrub in the restored gypsum mine and accumulated plant diversity in the local vicinity in mature plant communities. This shrub had a positive effect on seed germination and seedling growth of the test species in the experiment and improved soil and micro-environmental conditions under its canopy. Therefore, we recommend two non-exclusive actions to enhance restoration in post-mining gypsum substrates: (1) to promote the establishment of the pioneer plant G. struthium by improving the physical-chemical and biological soil properties through the re-insertion of the original topsoil that contains propagules of the former community; (2) to apply active restoration actions, using G. struthium as a nurse plant through sowing seeds or planting seedlings of other species of interest under its canopy.
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