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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Functional Plant Ecology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1456740
This article is part of the Research Topic Ecophysiological Traits-Based Community Assembly and Maintenance of Ecosystem Functioning in Tropical Rainforests View all articles

A quick and effective trait-based protocol for selecting appropriate native plant species for the reforestation of degraded tropical mines

Provisionally accepted
Changbin Xu Changbin Xu 1YANG HUAI YANG HUAI 2Cui Chen Cui Chen 3Hui Zhang Hui Zhang 4*Chen Wang Chen Wang 5
  • 1 Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan Province, China
  • 2 Institute of Tropical Bamboo, Rattan & Flower, Sanya Research Base, International Center for Bamboo and Rattann, Sanya, China
  • 3 Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang, Hubei Province, China
  • 4 Hainan Institute of National Park, Haikou, China
  • 5 Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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    A critical issue in tropical forests is that anthropogenic deforestation (i.e., mining) degrades the integrity of its ecosystem. Reforestation with appropriate native plant species helps to alleviate these detrimental impacts. A protocol to select appropriate plant species for this purpose currently lacks efficacy and timeliness. We provided a trait-based protocol to quickly and effectively select native plant species for mining reforestation. A 0.2 km 2 of Baopoling (BPL) at Hainan Island, China, was used as a during reforestation of tropical mining areas.

    Keywords: deforestation, Human disturbances, trait-based plant species selection protocol, Tropical forest ecosystem, reforestation, Hainan Island

    Received: 29 Jun 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Xu, HUAI, Chen, Zhang and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Hui Zhang, Hainan Institute of National Park, Haikou, China

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