Changes with time post-restoration in the relationships between soil seed bank and aboveground vegetation in a reclaimed open-pit coal mine.

Yiming Liu, Le Qi, Weibo Ren, Zhe Chen, Feng Yuan, Yaling Liu

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Yiming Liu *Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.

Le Qi *Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.

Weibo RenInner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China. rweibo2022@163.com.

Zhe ChenInner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.

Feng YuanKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding and Seed Production of Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia M-Grass Ecology and Environment (Group) Co., Ltd, Hohhot, China.

Yaling LiuKey Laboratory of Forage Breeding and Seed Production of Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia M-Grass Ecology and Environment (Group) Co., Ltd, Hohhot, China.

Funding

Hohhot Key R&D Project 2023-JBGS-S-1Major Special Foundation of Science and Technology Plan of Inner Mongolia 2021ZD00804The project for Young talent scientists of Inner Mongolia NMGIRT2316

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Abstract

The soil seed bank (SSB) is a potential resource for the aboveground vegetation community (AVC) and plays a crucial role in ecological restoration. Studying the succession of the SSB and AVC at different restoration stages provides valuable insights into their temporal dynamics, facilitates comprehensive investigations of the different restoration stages, and enables appropriate recommendations for the subsequent restoration to be provided. Therefore, the SSB and AVC of restored grassland ecosystems were investigated in open-pit coal mine dumping sites in a typical grassland area of Inner Mongolia. This study was therefore conducted in a typical grassland with the same restoration practices (mixed seeding of Gramineae and Leguminosae), and comparisons were made at different periods post-restoration to determine the pattern of changes in the SSB and AVC over time post-restoration. Through non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS), a correlation analysis, and structural equation model, the changes in the SSB and AVC in the years following restoration were determined. It was found that the SSB density was 475.00 - 705.00 (plant m

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BiodiversityOpen-pit coal mine dumpSimilaritySoil seed bankVegetation community

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PMID40691721

DOI10.1038/s41598-025-12056-w

PMCPMC12279981

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