Advances in Earth Science ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 343-349. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2018.04.0343

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Rock Outcrop and Its Ecological Function in Terrestrial Ecosystem

Youxin Shen 1( ), Zhimeng Zhao 1, 2, Shengchun Bi 3, Gaojuan Zhao 1, 2, Juan Liu 1, 2   

  1. 1.Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun Yunnan 666303,China
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,China
    3.Shilin Flowers and Trees Co., Ltd., Shilin Yunnan 652208, China
  • Received:2017-11-07 Revised:2018-03-20 Online:2018-04-20 Published:2018-05-24
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China “Process and driving mechanism of soil and water erosion on karst fault basin”(No.2016YFC0502503);The National Natural Science Foundation of China “Water receiving and runoff of rock outcrops and their eco-hydrology effects at karst ecosystems”(No.41671031).

Youxin Shen, Zhimeng Zhao, Shengchun Bi, Gaojuan Zhao, Juan Liu. Rock Outcrop and Its Ecological Function in Terrestrial Ecosystem[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2018, 33(4): 343-349.

Rock Outcrop (ROC) is very common in terrestrial ecosystems, typically in karst. ROCs play both positive and negative effects in ecosystems. They may collect precipitation (including throughfall), wet/dry deposition, host bacteria, fungi, muss and lichen, and even vascular plants. Both plants and their growing matrixes on ROCs differ greatly from their nearby soil patches. Water and organic and inorganic materials received and produced on ROCs is easily redistributed to their nearby soil patches, put strong influence on water and elements process in soil patches, and thus, affect the plants growing on soil surface. However, quantitative study on water and materials received and produced is scarce, nor on the eco-hydrology effect, thus, blocking the explanation of karst ecosystem succession, block the strategy formulation on countermeasures of karst desertification.

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