Inconsistent changes of biomass and species richness along a precipitation gradient in temperate steppe | |
Qiu, Shuang ; Liu, Hongyan ; Zhao, Fengjun ; Liu, Xu | |
刊名 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS |
2016 | |
关键词 | Drought Biomass Species richness C-4 plants Water use efficiency WATER-USE EFFICIENCY CARBON-ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY LIGHT LIMITATION PLANT DIVERSITY DROUGHT PHOTOSYNTHESIS ECOSYSTEMS FOREST STRESS |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.04.009 |
英文摘要 | Biomass and species richness are two important indicators of ecosystem stability. The relationship between biomass and species richness along precipitation gradient in semi-arid regions is significant for prediction of ecosystem stability under the estimated climatic drying in the-future. In this study, we investigated species richness, aboveground biomass and cover of temperate steppe along a mean annual precipitation (MAP) gradient in central Inner Mongolian of China. We also measured water use efficiency (WUE) of selected species and overall communities. Our results showed that biomass almost remained unchanged in the moist half of the gradient, but species richness decreased markedly with decreasing MAP. Species richness further showed a negligible decrease, whereas a much sharper drop was detected in biomass towards the arid end with decreasing MAP. Vegetation cover shared a similar pattern with biomass and dropped sharply towards the arid end, which may create a strong light and low competition environment favoring C-4 plants. The increment of C-4 species richness could prevent a more intensive decline of species richness under severe arid conditions by raising overall community water use efficiency. Thus, plant communities experiencing water deficiency could also maintain species richness with the occurrence of C-4 plants. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [41325002, 41530747, 31321061]; undergraduate student research training program of the Ministry of Education; SCI(E); ARTICLE; lhy@urban.pku.edu.cn; 42-48; 132 |
语种 | 英语 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/491515] |
专题 | 城市与环境学院 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Qiu, Shuang,Liu, Hongyan,Zhao, Fengjun,et al. Inconsistent changes of biomass and species richness along a precipitation gradient in temperate steppe[J]. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,2016. |
APA | Qiu, Shuang,Liu, Hongyan,Zhao, Fengjun,&Liu, Xu.(2016).Inconsistent changes of biomass and species richness along a precipitation gradient in temperate steppe.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS. |
MLA | Qiu, Shuang,et al."Inconsistent changes of biomass and species richness along a precipitation gradient in temperate steppe".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS (2016). |
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