ISSN: 0973-7510
E-ISSN: 2581-690X
Karst habitat, as a kind of fragile ecology environment, has some typical characters such as shallow and less soil, high rate of bare stone, serious soil erosion and few soil nutrient content. However, D. luodianense can distribute and grow well in Karst regions.. In this study, ecological characteristics of D. luodianense were studied in the Karst microhabitat by field investigation and comparative and system analysis. The results showed that there was a series of adaptive features for Karst environment in D. luodianense population. It has high shoot-emergence number and mortality rate and low growing rate, and these features mainly result from nutrition shortage. Our finding may not only provide theoretical direction for the protection and development of D. luodianense, but also benefit species selection and reasonable collocation in the process of rocky desertification in Karst area.
Bamboo, Biodiversity conservation, Endangered mechanism, Ecological restoration
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