Soil development at the roadside: a case study of a novel ecosystem

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dc.contributor.authorJiménez Escobar, María Dolores
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Capillas, P.
dc.contributor.authorMola, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorPérez Corona, Esther
dc.contributor.authorCasado González, Miguel Ángel
dc.contributor.authorBalaguer Núñez, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-20T00:43:20Z
dc.date.available2023-06-20T00:43:20Z
dc.date.issued2011-11-23
dc.description.abstractOver the last few decades, road construction has increased dramatically, and new surfaces have appeared in most landscapes. Standard roadside reclamation practices often fail, because vegetation establishment appears to be limited by microsite availability. We considered soil properties as a key factor driving vegetation establishment on roadslopes over time. We address the following questions: (i) Are soil features conditioned by type of roadslope, position thereupon or applied hydroseeding? (ii) Is there any evidence of soil development at the roadside four years after road construction? (iii) Do mutual interactions exist between soil features and vegetation cover? We designed an experimental set-up on a highway in Central Spain (Madrid). We selected 15 roadslopes (nine roadcuts and six embankments) with three hydroseeding treatments (commercial, alternative and untreated). Four years after the road construction, we considered three roadslope positions (top, middle and bottom) to take into account the geomorphological gradient.We monitored soil features and vegetation cover over 4 years after the road construction. Soil chemical differences were found between roadslope types, mainly resulted from topsoil spreading on embankments and the weathering of the newly exposed materials on roadcuts. Applied amendments do not affect soil fertility or vegetation cover. In the course of time, vegetation establishment and geomorphological gradients operate differentially on roadcuts and embankments. Accordingly, cycling back of organic compounds or geomorphological processes differs between roadslopes types. Restoration efforts should be directed to guarantee key ecological processes and support soil formation.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Biológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC)
dc.description.sponsorshipComunidad de Madrid
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/56545
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ldr.1157
dc.identifier.issn1099-145X
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.1157
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42916
dc.issue.number6
dc.journal.titleLand Degradation and Development
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final574
dc.page.initial564
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.projectIDHIDROTAL (PROFIT (FIT-050000-2003-36), (FIT-310200-2004-101), (CIT-310200-2005-100); CDTI (OHL- 04-0391)); RECOTAL (PROFIT (CIT-310200-2007-24), (CDTI (IDI-20080334)); CLEAM (CENIT (2007-2017-CLEAM))
dc.relation.projectIDREMEDINAL (S-0505/AMB/0335)
dc.rights.accessRightsrestricted access
dc.subject.cdu574
dc.subject.keywordNovel ecosystems
dc.subject.keywordrestoration
dc.subject.keywordroadslopes
dc.subject.keywordsoil properties
dc.subject.keywordsoil development
dc.subject.keywordSpain
dc.subject.ucmEcología (Biología)
dc.subject.unesco2401.06 Ecología animal
dc.titleSoil development at the roadside: a case study of a novel ecosystem
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number24
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