Increased precipitation attenuates shrub encroachment by facilitating herbaceous growth in a Mongolian grassland | |
Zhu, Yankun1; Shen, Haihua1; Akinyemi, Damilare Stephen1; Zhang, Pujin2; Feng, Yinping1; Zhao, Mengying1; Kang, Jie1; Zhao, Xia; Hu, Huifeng; Fang, Jingyun1,4,5 | |
刊名 | FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY |
2022 | |
卷号 | 36期号:9页码:2356-2366 |
关键词 | biomass precipitation change shrub encroachment water use strategies |
ISSN号 | 0269-8463 |
DOI | 10.1111/1365-2435.14100 |
文献子类 | Article |
英文摘要 | Widespread shrub encroachment is profoundly impacting the structures and functions of global drylands, and precipitation change is assumed to be one of the most critical factors affecting this phenomenon. However, there is little evidence to show how precipitation changes will affect the process. In this study, we conducted a 6-year precipitation manipulation experiment (-30%, ambient, +30% and +50%) to investigate the effects of precipitation changes on the growth of shrubs and herbaceous plants in a shrub-encroached grassland in Inner Mongolia. We found that the increasing precipitation significantly increased the mean height, coverage and above-ground biomass of herbaceous species, while the growth of shrub species did not exhibit a significant response to precipitation changes. With increasing precipitation, the relative coverage of shrubs decreased, while that of herbs increased. The native dominant herbaceous plant (Leymus chinensis), with more sensitive maximum photosynthetic rate to the precipitation change, showed higher photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency and water use efficiency than those of the encroached shrub species (Caragana microphylla) at high soil moisture contents, reflecting that the ecophysiological characteristics of L. chinensis might provide it a competitive advantage under increased precipitation. Our findings suggest that increasing precipitation may slow down shrub encroachment by facilitating herbaceous growth in Mongolian grasslands, and consequently affect the forage value and carbon budget in these ecosystems. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. |
学科主题 | Ecology |
电子版国际标准刊号 | 1365-2435 |
出版地 | HOBOKEN |
WOS关键词 | NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY ; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT ; ALTERED PRECIPITATION ; 2-LAYER HYPOTHESIS ; USE EFFICIENCY ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; WOODY COVER ; WATER-USE ; DETERMINANTS ; ECOSYSTEM |
WOS研究方向 | Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | WILEY |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000812900500001 |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China [31988102, 31971747, 31330012] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2021M693398] |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/28555] |
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, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Key Lab Earth Surface Proc, Minist Educ, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Peking Univ, Dept Ecol, Coll Urban & Environm, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Inner Mongolia Acad Agr & Anim Husb Sci, Hohhot, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhu, Yankun,Shen, Haihua,Akinyemi, Damilare Stephen,et al. Increased precipitation attenuates shrub encroachment by facilitating herbaceous growth in a Mongolian grassland[J]. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY,2022,36(9):2356-2366. |
APA | Zhu, Yankun.,Shen, Haihua.,Akinyemi, Damilare Stephen.,Zhang, Pujin.,Feng, Yinping.,...&Fang, Jingyun.(2022).Increased precipitation attenuates shrub encroachment by facilitating herbaceous growth in a Mongolian grassland.FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY,36(9),2356-2366. |
MLA | Zhu, Yankun,et al."Increased precipitation attenuates shrub encroachment by facilitating herbaceous growth in a Mongolian grassland".FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 36.9(2022):2356-2366. |
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