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Ecological consequences of shrub encroachment in the grasslands of northern China
Zhou, Luhong1; Shen, Haihua1; Chen, Leiyi; Li, He; Zhang, Pujin2; Zhao, Xia; Liu, Taoyu1; Liu, Shangshi1; Xing, Aijun1; Hu, Huifeng; Fang, Jingyun3,4
2019
发表期刊LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
ISSN0921-2973
卷号34期号:1页码:119-130
摘要ContextShrub encroachment is a critical environmental issue in arid and semi-arid landscapes. However, due to the complicated effects of shrub characteristics and environmental variables, ecological consequences of shrub encroachment significantly differ in different regions. As a result, although the phenomenon of shrub encroachment is widespread in the grasslands of northern China, its ecological consequences and associated drivers have not been well documented at the regional scale.ObjectivesWe explored the effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structures (herb richness and abundance) and functioning (above- and belowground biomass, and soil carbon and nitrogen content) and evaluated the relative importance of climatic variables (temperature and precipitation) and shrub characteristics (cover, area, and height) as drivers of these effects.MethodsBased on field data from 53 sites that stretch across approximately 3000km in northern China, we conducted the relative interaction intensity (RII) of the response variables between shrub patches and grassy matrix, and then used the structural equation modeling (SEM) to assess the relative importance of chosen drivers on the ecological consequences.ResultsShrub encroachment increased the landscape heterogeneity by decreasing the richness, abundance and aboveground biomass of herbs, while by increasing the soil carbon and nitrogen content. The SEM explained 25-43% of the variation in shrub characteristics and 5-34% of the variation in the effects of shrub encroachment. Shrub height had greater effects on the RII of herb richness, soil carbon and soil nitrogen content, and the standardized total effects were 0.48, 0.25 and 0.18, respectively. Precipitation and temperature positively affected the impacts of shrub encroachment on herb richness, abundance, biomass, and multi-indexes. However, the direct effects of climate could be partially mediated by indirect effects via shrub characteristics.ConclusionsThe height, size and cover of shrub patches significantly influenced the community structures and functioning of grassland ecosystems. The increasing aridity could potentially exacerbate the negative consequences of shrub encroachment in arid regions. Our results also demonstrated that the effects of climate variables on grassland ecosystems could be mediated by shrub management.
关键词Heterogeneity Relative interaction intensity Regional scale Shrub patch Structure Vegetation transition
学科领域Ecology ; Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
DOI10.1007/s10980-018-0749-2
收录类别SCI
语种英语
WOS关键词PLANT-SPECIES RICHNESS ; SOIL ORGANIC-CARBON ; ECOSYSTEM MULTIFUNCTIONALITY ; AMERICAN GRASSLANDS ; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT ; DIVERSITY ; STABILITY ; GROWTH ; DESERTIFICATION ; HETEROGENEITY
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS记录号WOS:000458986300010
出版者SPRINGER
文献子类Article
出版地DORDRECHT
EISSN1572-9761
资助机构National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31330012, 31470525, 31300360, 31400364] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of Sciences [XDA05050000] ; China Postdoctoral Science FoundationChina Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017T100114]
作者邮箱jyfang@urban.pku.edu.cn
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条目标识符http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/19891
专题植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inner Mongolia Prataculture Res Ctr, Hohhot 010031, Peoples R China
4.Peking Univ, Inst Ecol, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
5.Peking Univ, Key Lab Earth Surface Proc, Minist Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
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Zhou, Luhong,Shen, Haihua,Chen, Leiyi,et al. Ecological consequences of shrub encroachment in the grasslands of northern China[J]. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY,2019,34(1):119-130.
APA Zhou, Luhong.,Shen, Haihua.,Chen, Leiyi.,Li, He.,Zhang, Pujin.,...&Fang, Jingyun.(2019).Ecological consequences of shrub encroachment in the grasslands of northern China.LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY,34(1),119-130.
MLA Zhou, Luhong,et al."Ecological consequences of shrub encroachment in the grasslands of northern China".LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 34.1(2019):119-130.
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