Distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation species diversity and their relationship to groundwater attributes in northwestern China

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	Distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation species diversity and their relationship to groundwater attributes in northwestern China
	Zhu, JunTao(朱军涛) ; Yu, JJ ; Wang, P ; Yu, Q ; Eamus, D
刊名	ECOHYDROLOGY
	2013
卷号	6 期号:2 页码:191-200
关键词	distribution pattern species diversity groundwater-dependent vegetation groundwater attributes in north-western China
通讯作者	Yu, JJ
英文摘要	The study of the patterns of plant species diversity and the factors influencing these patterns is the basis of ecology and is also fundamental to conservation biology. Groundwater-dependent vegetation (GDV) must have access to groundwater to maintain their growth and function, and this is especially common in arid and semi-arid regions, including north-western China. In this paper, plant species diversity and groundwater attributes (composition and depth) were investigated in 31 plots in the Ejina Delta in north-western China to determine whether groundwater attributes influenced patterns species diversity in GDV. Detrended canonical correspondence analyses and generalised additive models were performed to analyse the data. A total of 29 plant species were recorded in the 31 plots; perennial herbs with deep roots had an advantage over all other groups, and GDV species diversity was primarily affected by groundwater depth (GWD), salinity (SAL) and total dissolved solids (TDS), HCO3, Ca2+, pH, and SO42. The herb layer species diversity and total species diversity reached their maximum in similar, moderate environmental conditions. The diversity of the tree species was influenced by SAL and TDS and was maximal at large values of GWD and low values of SAL and TDS. The diversity of shrub species was affected by Ca2+ and Mg2+ and was maximal low GWD and high SAL and TDS. Patrick's and ShannonWiener's index of the total community diversity presented a bimodal pattern along gradients of GWD and SAL, whilst Simpson's and Pielou's index showed a partially unimodal pattern. On the basis of field investigation and the analysis of field data, we concluded that the perfect combination of GWD and SAL for GDV species diversity is 2m and 1 center dot 8gl1, respectively. The appropriate combination range is 25m and 1 center dot 84 center dot 2gl1, and the critical combination for the damaged GDV species diversity is 5m and 4 center dot 2gl1.
收录类别	SCI
资助信息	National Basic Research Program of China 2009CB421305；National Natural Science Foundation Project of China 91025023；National Youth Natural Science Foundation of China 41101056；Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China 20110490571
公开日期	2014-04-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/28754]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_研究生部
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhu, JunTao,Yu, JJ,Wang, P,et al. Distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation species diversity and their relationship to groundwater attributes in northwestern China[J]. ECOHYDROLOGY,2013,6(2):191-200.
APA	Zhu, JunTao,Yu, JJ,Wang, P,Yu, Q,&Eamus, D.(2013).Distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation species diversity and their relationship to groundwater attributes in northwestern China.ECOHYDROLOGY,6(2),191-200.
MLA	Zhu, JunTao,et al."Distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation species diversity and their relationship to groundwater attributes in northwestern China".ECOHYDROLOGY 6.2(2013):191-200.