Coal mine subsidence has limited impact on plant assemblages in an arid and semi-arid region of northwestern China

References

• Bai YF, Chen ZZ. 2000b. Effects of long-term variability of plant species and functional groups on stability of a Leymus chinensis community in the Xilin river basin, Inner Mongolia. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica. 24(6):641–647.
   Google Scholar
• Bai ZK, Zhao JK. 2000a. On several problems of land reclamation of open-pit mine and ecology rebuilding. Metal Mine Design Constr. 1:33–37.
   Google Scholar
• Bauman JM, Cochran C, Chapman J, Gilland K. 2015. Plant community development following restoration treatments on a legacy reclaimed mine site. Ecol Eng. 83:521–528.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bi YL, Zhang YX. 2014. Role of the different planting age of seabuckthorn forests to soil amelioration in coal mining subsidence land. Int J Mining Sci Technol. 1(2):192–197.
   Google Scholar
• Chesson P. 2000. Mechanisms of maintenance of species diversity. Annu Rev Ecol Syst. 31:343–366.
   Google Scholar
• Collins SL, Glenn SM, Gibson DJ. 1995. Experimental analysis of intermediate disturbance and initial floristic composition: decoupling cause and effect. Ecology. 76:486–492.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Connell JH. 1978. Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Science. 199:1302–1310.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Curtis JT, McIntosh RP. 1951. An upland forest continuum in the prairie-forest border region of Wisconsin. Ecology. 32(3):476–496.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dufour A, Gadallah F, Wagner H, Guisan A, Buttler A. 2006. Plant species richness and environmental heterogeneity in a mountain landscape: effects of variability and spatial configuration. Ecography. 29(4):573–584.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• El-Wahab RHA. 2016. Plant assemblage and diversity variation with human disturbances in coastal habitats of the western Arabian Gulf. J Arid Land. 8(5):787–798.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gilland KE, McCarthy BC. 2014. Microtopography influences early successional plant communities on experimental coal surface mine land reclamation. Restor Ecol. 22(2):232–239.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guo QS, Jiang H, Wang B, Yan H. 1999. The quantitative classification and spatial distribution pattern of life form spectra of the plants in major Chinese forest communities. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 4:573–577.
   Google Scholar
• Hu ZQ, Wang XJ, He AM. 2014. Distribution characteristic and development rules of ground fissures due to coal mining in windy and sandy region. J China Coal Soc. 39(1):11–18.
   Google Scholar
• Kang D, Deng J, Qin XW, Hao F, Guo SJ, Han XH, Yang GH. 2017. Effect of competition on spatial patterns of oak forests on the Chinese Loess Plateau. J Arid Land. 9(1):122–131.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lei SG, Bian ZF. 2014. Research progress on the environment impacts from underground coal mining in arid western area of China. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 34(11):2837–2843.
   Google Scholar
• Liang CZ, Wang W, Zhu ZY, Liu ZL. 2002. The organization patterns and ecological adaptive modes of annual plant synusia in desert regions. J Arid Land Resour Environ. 16(1):77–83.
   Google Scholar
• Liu H, Deng KZ, Lei SG, Bian ZF. 2015. Mechanism of formation of sliding ground fissure in loess hilly areas caused by underground mining. Int J Mining Sci Technol. 25(4):553–558.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Liu JS, Wang JD, Zhang XL, Yu JB, Yan DH. 2000. A study on the reclamation and ecological reconstruction in collapse sites in coal mine area: A case of Fushun coal mine. Scientia Geographica Sinica. 2:189–192.
   Google Scholar
• Liu RJ, Li Y, Diao ZK, Li M, Lin XG. 2013. Effects of soil depth and season variation on community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in greenhouse soils planted with watermelon. Pedosphere. 23(3):350–358.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Liu ZR, Yan L, He X, Bao LY, Liu GZ. 2014. Effects of mining subsidence on physical and chemical properties of soil in the subsided land of the Daliuta mining area. J Arid Land Resour Environ. 28(11):133–138.
   Google Scholar
• Ma QL, Zheng QZ, Jia JJ, Yuan HB, Zhang DK, Ding F, ZhangJ C, Wei HD, Jin HJ, Liu YJ, et al. 2012. Quantitative characteristics and species composition of Artemisia sphaerocephala and A. ordosica communities in the Ulanbuh Desert. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 32(11):3423–3431.
   Google Scholar
• Ma YQ. 1991. Flora of Inner Mongolia. Inner Mongolia people's publishing house. Hohhot, China.
   Google Scholar
• Maestre FT, Quero JL, Gotelli NJ, Escudero A, Ochoa V, Baquerizo MD, Gómez MG, Bowker MA, Soliveres S, Escolar C. 2012. Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global dry lands. Science. 335:214–218.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Magurran AE. 1988. Ecological diversity and its measurement. Springer Science & Business Media. Princeton University Press, America.
   Google Scholar
• Markowicz A, Woźniak G, Borymski S, Piotrowska SZ, Chmura D. 2015. Links in the functional diversity between soil microorganisms and plant communities during natural succession in coal mine spoil heaps. Ecol Res. 30(6):1005–1014.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Osawa T, Mitsuhashi H, Ushimaru A. 2010. River confluences enhance riparian plant species diversity. Plant Ecol. 209:95–108.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Piekarska SA, Szary M, Ziemer B, Besenyei L, Woźniak G. 2014. An application of the plant functional group concept to restoration practice on coal mine spoil heaps. Ecol Res. 29(5):843–853.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Quan ZJ, Cheng H, Yu YJ, Zou XY. 2006. Assessment of subsidence impact on vegetation landscape in coal mining area a case study of Dongda mine in JinCheng city, Shaanxi province. J Plant Ecol. 30(3):414–420.
   Google Scholar
• Rad J, Manthey M, Mataji A. 2009. Comparison of plant species diversity with different plant communities in deciduous forests. Int J Environ Sci Technol. 6(3):389–394.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sapkota IP, Tigabu M, Odén PC. 2010. Changes in tree species diversity and dominance across a disturbance gradient in Nepalese Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.) forests. J For Res. 21(1):25–32.
   Google Scholar
• Schetter TA, Walters TL, Root KV. 2013. A multi-scale spatial analysis of native and exotic plant species richness within a mixed-disturbance oak savanna landscape. Environ Manage. 52(3):581–594.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seabloom EW, Bjørnstad ON, Bolker BM, Reichman OJ. 2005. Spatial signature of environmental heterogeneity, dispersal, and competition in successional grasslands. Ecol Monogr. 75(2):199–214.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Song L, Bao X, Liu X, Zhang FS. 2012. Impact of nitrogen addition on plant community in a semi-arid temperate steppe in China. J Arid Land. 4(1):3–10.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang Q, Quan ZJ, Han Y, Fu MD, Ye Y. 2014. Variation of vegetation diversity and its relationship with soil physical and chemical properties. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica. 34(8):1642–1651.
   Google Scholar
• Xie YG, Long XQ, Liu JM, Zeng Y. 2012. Influences of coal mining collapse on characteristics of plant communities of the Hundred-Mile Azalea Area of Guizhou. J Nanjing For Univ (Natural Sci Edition). 6:37–41.
   Google Scholar
• Yan JC, Liang CZ, Fu XY, Wang W, Wang LX, Jia CZ. 2013. The responses of annual plant traits to rainfall variation in steppe and desert regions. Acta Prataculturae Sinica. 22(1):68–76.
   Google Scholar
• Zhang J, Huang Y, Chen H, Gong J, Qi Y, Yang F, Li E. 2016. Effects of grassland management on the community structure, aboveground biomass and stability of a temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia, China. J Arid Land. 8(3):422–433.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang JY, Zhao HL. 2004. Spatial patterns of main species of the grassland community in the recovering succession in Horqin sandy land. Chin J Ecol. 2:1–6.
   Google Scholar
• Zhang ZS, Fan HW, Zhao JL, Chen YW, Tan HJ. 2006. Root distribution and dynamics of re-vegetated communities in desert area. J Desert Res. 26(4):637–643.
   Google Scholar
• Zhao GP, Feng B, Xu LX, Zuo HJ, Zhang JP, Hu CY. 2010. Effects of coal mining subsidence on the changes of vegetation community in semiarid and sandstorm area. J For Univ. 25(1):52–56.
   Google Scholar
• Zhou Y, He X, Xu J, Liu J. 2009. Effects of coal mining subsidence on vegetation composition and plant diversity in semi-arid region. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 29(8):4517–4525.
   Google Scholar