فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision are of the main ecosystem ‎management objectives. Despite the enormous importance of cultural services, they are often ‎ignored in ecosystem management plans due to the difficulty in quantifying. This study was ‎done to investigate the impact of exclosure on cultural services in semi-arid shrublands. ‎Flowering plants were considered as a proxy for cultural services. The canopy cover and the ‎number of plant species inside and outside the exclosure were recorded in two vegetation types ‎Artemisia aucheri and Artemisia aucheri-Zygophyllum eurypterum. The results showed that ‎exclosure significantly increased diversity, abundance and richness of plant species. The ‎exclosure also significantly increased the diversity, richness and abundance of flowering ‎species in both vegetation types. A positive relationship was found between diversity indices ‎and flowering species diversity. The results also showed that perennial forbs had a greater role ‎in providing cultural services. It can be concluded that exclosure can promote both plant ‎species diversity and cultural services in semi-arid shrublands. ‎