Effects of grazing on spatiotemporal variations in community structure and ecosystem function on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China

doi:10.1093/gigascience/gix116

	Effects of grazing on spatiotemporal variations in community structure and ecosystem function on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China
	Su, Rina ; Cheng, Junhui 1; Chen, Dima 2; Bai, Yongfei2 ; Jin, Hua 3; Chao, Lumengqiqige 3; Wang, Zhijun 3; Li, Junqing
	2017
发表期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
卷号	7
摘要	Grasslands worldwide are suffering from overgrazing, which greatly alters plant community structure and ecosystem functioning. However, the general effects of grazing on community structure and ecosystem function at spatial and temporal scales has rarely been examined synchronously in the same grassland. Here, during 2011-2013, we investigated community structure (cover, height, and species richness) and aboveground biomass (AGB) using 250 paired field sites (grazed vs. fenced) across three vegetation types (meadow, typical, and desert steppes) on the Inner Mongolian Plateau. Grazing, vegetation type, and year all had significant effects on cover, height, species richness, and AGB, although the primary factor influencing variations in these variables was vegetation type. Spatially, grazing significantly reduced the measured variables in meadow and typical steppes, whereas no changes were observed in desert steppe. Temporally, both linear and quadratic relationships were detected between growing season precipitation and cover, height, richness, or AGB, although specific relationships varied among observation years and grazing treatments. In each vegetation type, the observed community properties were significantly correlated with each other, and the shape of the relationship was unaffected by grazing treatment. These findings indicate that vegetation type is the most important factor to be considered in grazing management for this semi-arid grassland.
学科领域	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Science & Technology - Other Topics
DOI	10.1093/gigascience/gix116
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	PLANT-SPECIES RICHNESS ; PRECIPITATION GRADIENT ; SOIL CARBON ; PRODUCTIVITY ; DIVERSITY ; RESPONSES ; STEPPE ; INTENSITY ; EXCLUSION ; BIOMASS
WOS记录号	WOS:000425088100001
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
文献子类	Article
出版地	LONDON
资助机构	Special Research Program for Public-welfare Environmental Protection Projects [201509042] ; Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31570450] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS [2015061]
作者邮箱	lijunqing8100@163.com
作品OA属性	gold, Green Submitted, Green Published
引用统计	被引频次：83[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/22332
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Beijing Forestry Univ, Forest Coll, Minist Educ, Key Lab Silviculture & Conservat, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 2.Xinjiang Agr Univ, Coll Grassland & Environm Sci, Urumqi 830052, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China 4.Inst Grassland Surveying & Planning, Inner Mongolia 010051, Hohhot, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Su, Rina,Cheng, Junhui,Chen, Dima,et al. Effects of grazing on spatiotemporal variations in community structure and ecosystem function on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2017,7.
APA	Su, Rina.,Cheng, Junhui.,Chen, Dima.,Bai, Yongfei.,Jin, Hua.,...&Li, Junqing.(2017).Effects of grazing on spatiotemporal variations in community structure and ecosystem function on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,7.
MLA	Su, Rina,et al."Effects of grazing on spatiotemporal variations in community structure and ecosystem function on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7(2017).

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