Biotic and abiotic controls in determining exceedingly variable responses of ecosystem functions to extreme seasonal precipitation in a mesophytic alpine grassland | |
Sun, Geng1,2; Wang, Zhiyuan1,2,3; Zhu-Barker, Xia4; Zhang, Nannan1,2; Wu, Ning1,2; Liu, Lin5; Lei, Yanbao6![]() | |
刊名 | AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
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2016-11-15 | |
卷号 | 228页码:180-190 |
关键词 | Extreme precipitation Seasonality Biomass accumulation and allocation Resistance arid resilience Nutrient cycling Mesophytic alpine grassland |
ISSN号 | 0168-1923 |
通讯作者 | Sun, Geng ; Lei, Yanbao |
英文摘要 | As a result of global climate change, frequent and intensive extreme climate events are observed and predicted. These extreme climate events can change ecosystem functions through driving plant growth and mortality, as well as ecological and evolutionary processes into different directions. We simulated a 1-in-100-year extreme precipitation event in different plant growth seasons (i.e. spring, summer, or autumn) to investigate the functional responses of a mesophytic alpine grassland ecosystem to climate change in the Tibetan plateau. The results demonstrated that the seasonal distribution of extreme precipitation is a critical factor in determining soil microbial- and plant-productivity. The response of vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) to extreme precipitation depends on the growth seasons and plant types. Total NPP in the treatments experienced extreme precipitation in the early (spring), mid- (summer) and late (autumn) plant growth seasons were significant lower, higher, and no difference, respectively, compared with the control. Soil temperature and moisture were the key abiotic factors that affected ecosystem functions. For example, in the early plant growth season, no changes of soil moisture and the decreased temperature in response to the extreme precipitation resulted in a substantial decline in NPP. By contrast, in the mid-plant growth season, higher temperature and soil moisture elicited positive synergistic effects on plant growth and soil microbial processes. The increased sensitivity of above-ground NPP and the shift of dominant species from sedges to less palatable forbs might inevitably exaggerate the degradation of this grassland. Nevertheless, a high resilience index in the related ecological processes could potentially contribute to the grassland acclimation and stability, as most parameters returned to the similar levels as in the control after the extreme events ceased. Therefore, several synergistic or antagonistic mechanisms are hypothesized to operate in parallel or at different levels of organization and timescales. Further studies involving a range of different potential scenarios and longer periods are needed to predict the future climate change impacts on mesophytic grassland. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine ; Physical Sciences |
类目[WOS] | Agronomy ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
研究领域[WOS] | Agriculture ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
关键词[WOS] | QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU ; CLIMATE EXTREMES ; ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE ; RAINFALL REGIMES ; SOUTHERN CHINA ; PLANT TRAITS ; DYNAMICS ; EVENTS ; FORESTS ; CARBON |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000383295200015 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/17634] ![]() |
专题 | 成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山地表生过程与生态调控重点实验室 |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Mt Ecol Restorat & Bioresource Utilizat, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ecol Restorat Biodivers Conservat Key Lab Sichuan, Chengdu Inst Biol, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 3.Yunnan Acad Agr Sci, Inst Agr Environm & Resources, Kunming 650205, Peoples R China 4.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Land Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA 95616 USA 5.Sichuan Agr Univ, Coll Anim Sci & Technol, Chengdu 611130, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Key Lab Mt Surface Proc & Ecol Regulat, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sun, Geng,Wang, Zhiyuan,Zhu-Barker, Xia,et al. Biotic and abiotic controls in determining exceedingly variable responses of ecosystem functions to extreme seasonal precipitation in a mesophytic alpine grassland[J]. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY,2016,228:180-190. |
APA | Sun, Geng.,Wang, Zhiyuan.,Zhu-Barker, Xia.,Zhang, Nannan.,Wu, Ning.,...&Lei, Yanbao.(2016).Biotic and abiotic controls in determining exceedingly variable responses of ecosystem functions to extreme seasonal precipitation in a mesophytic alpine grassland.AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY,228,180-190. |
MLA | Sun, Geng,et al."Biotic and abiotic controls in determining exceedingly variable responses of ecosystem functions to extreme seasonal precipitation in a mesophytic alpine grassland".AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY 228(2016):180-190. |
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