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- Title
Influence of farming system on the floristic composition of paddy landscapes: a case study in a rural hilly zone in Zhejiang province, China.
- Authors
Nemoto, Masayuki; Otsuka, Hiroo
- Abstract
The effects of two contrasting farming systems on the floristic composition and vegetation structure that make up the Yatoda landscape were investigated. The experimental field was set up at Yatoda in a hilly district in Zhejiang province, China. Vegetation surveys were done in summer 2002 and 2003. Vegetation was divided into four types based on species composition: grassland formerly used for rice cultivation (G), rice paddy (P), ridge way (R), and levee slope (S). In P, R, and S plots, each vegetation type was subdivided according to the different farming systems. Under the traditional system, there were a number of species, and the diversity index values were greater than those under the conventional system. Blyxa echinosperma and Marsilea quadrifolia, which are threatened species in Japan, were seen in the paddy field under the traditional farming system.
- Subjects
ZHEJIANG Sheng (China); CHINA; AGRICULTURAL landscape management; PADDY fields; RURAL geography; PLANT diversity; AGRICULTURAL ecology; SUMMER
- Publication
Landscape & Ecological Engineering, 2014, Vol 10, Issue 1, p173
- ISSN
1860-1871
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11355-011-0150-7