title: Ecological effects of roads on the plant diversity of coastal wetland in the Yellow River Delta.
abstract: The 26 sample sites in 7 study plots adjacent to asphalt road and earth road in coastal wetland in the Yellow River Delta were selected to quantify plant diversity using quadrat sampling method in plant bloom phase of July and August 2012. The indice of β T and Jaccard's coefficient were applied to evaluate the species diversity. The results showed that the plant diversities and alien plants were high in the range of 0-20 m to the road verge. There were more exotics and halophytes in plots of asphalt roadside than that of earth roadside. However, proportion of halophytes in habitats of asphalt roadsides was lower than that of earth roadside. By comparing β-diversity, there were more common species in the asphalt roadsides than that in the earth roadsides. The similarity of plant communities in studied plots of asphalt roadsides and earth roadsides increased with increasing the distance to road verge. The effect range of roads for plant diversity in study region was about 20 m to road verge. Our results indicate that the construction and maintenance of roads in wetland could increase the plant species diversities of communities and risk of alien species invasion.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
authors.forename: Yunzhao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China.
authors.forename: Junbao
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3433-3538
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6060-260X
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, China.
authors.forename: Siyao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China.
authors.forename: Guangxuan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
authors.forename: Fanzhu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China.
authors.forename: Guangmei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
authors.forename: Yuqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, Shandong 264003, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D005843:Geography; D010944:Plants; D045483:Rivers; D053833:Wetlands