Vegetation of Anthropogenic Habitats as a Bioindicator of the Consequences of Human Civilization Activities
摘要
Plant communities respond to the conditions in which they grow. Different environmental conditions can lead to different plant communities. Human civilization changes habitat conditions and, in some cases, directly creates new habitats. Vegetation also responds to new habitats by altering its species composition. Species composition can be used to determine the degree of urbanization, the amount and frequency of disturbance, the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus, and the presence of salinization and landfill leachate. The vegetation of anthropogenic habitats provides a feedback loop from which we can learn how human civilization is changing its environmental conditions.