Mechanism of the effect caused by highway construction on plant biomass in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region

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Mechanism of the effect caused by highway construction on plant biomass in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region

Jie LIU¹, Honglei XU¹, Chunping CHANG²(

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1. Transport Planning and Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Beijing 100028, China; 2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment Changes and Ecological Construction, College of Resources and Environment Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China

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Abstract

Taking Dabao (from Dali City to Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, China) and Sixiao (from Simao City to Xiaomengyang Town, Yunnan Province, China) highways in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region as examples. Biomass, coverage and photosynthesis rate of different plant types on sampling points (at the distances from road of 5, 20, 40, 80, 120 and 200 m) and their control points were estimated on ground. The relations among biomass, coverage, photosynthesis rate were analyzed with an aim to explore the mechanism of the effect caused by highway construction on plant biomass. The results show, i) the impacts of highway construction on plant biomass are both positive and negative. Arbor is mainly negatively impacted, while shrub and herbage are mainly positively impacted. The effect of highway construction decrease with the increase of distance from the road; ii) highway construction exert obvious influence on plant biomass through altering the physiologic processes (reflected by the plant number) and photosynthesis, iii) highway construction will result in the decrease of arbor number, photosynthesis rate and biomass, and increase of plant number, photosynthesis rate and biomass of shrub and herbage.

Keywords highway construction plant biomass effect mechanism Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region

Corresponding Author(s): CHANG Chunping,Email:changchunping@126.com

Issue Date: 05 March 2013

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Jie LIU,Honglei XU,Chunping CHANG. Mechanism of the effect caused by highway construction on plant biomass in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region[J]. Front Earth Sci, 0, (): 85-91.

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Fig.1 Locations of the case site and highway

Fig.2 Plant biomasses of different type of plant on sampling and control points along highways

Tab.1 Coverage of different plants types on all sampling points along highways

Tab.2 Coefficients of correlation between plant biomass and coverage plant for each type of plant

Fig.3 Measured values of plant PR on the sampling and contradistinguished points along highway

Tab.3 PR of different plant types with different disturbance intensities of highway construction/(COmg·dm·h)

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