Clipping Alters the Response of Biomass Production to Experimental Warming: A Case Study in an Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China

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	Clipping Alters the Response of Biomass Production to Experimental Warming: A Case Study in an Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China
	FU Gang ; SUN Wei ; YU Cheng-Qun ; ZHANG Xian-Zhou ; SHEN Zhen-Xi ; LI Yun-Long ; YANG Peng-Wan ; ZHOU Nan
刊名	Journal of Mountain Science
	2015-07
卷号	12 期号:4 页码:935-942
关键词	Clipping Gross primary production Open top chamber Warming Alpine Meadow Tibetan Plateau
ISSN号	1672-6316
通讯作者	SHEN Zhen-Xi
英文摘要	Predicting how human activity will influence the response of alpine grasslands to future warming has many uncertainties. In this study, a field experiment with controlled warming and clipping was conducted in an alpine meadow at three elevations (4313 m, 4513 m and 4693 m) in Northern Tibet to test the hypothesis that clipping would alter warming effect on biomass production. Open top chambers (OTCs) were used to increase temperature since July, 2008 and the OTCs increased air temperature by approximately 0.9oC ~ 1.8oC during the growing in 2012. Clipping was conducted three times one year during growing season and the aboveground parts of all live plants were clipped to approximately 0.01 m in height using scissors since 2009. Gross primary production (GPP) was calculated from the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer GPP algorithm and aboveground plant production was estimated using the surface-measured normalized difference vegetation index in 2012. Warming decreased the GPP, aboveground biomass (AGB) and aboveground net primary production (ANPP) at all three elevations when clipping was not applied. In contrast, warming increased AGB at all three elevations, GPP at the two lower elevations and ANPP at the two higher elevations when clipping was applied. These findings show that clipping reduced the negative effect of warming on GPP, AGB and ANPP, suggesting that clipping may reduce the effect of climate warming on GPP, AGB and ANPP in alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau, and therefore, may be a viable strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change on grazing and animal husbandry on the Tibetan Plateau.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/10639]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2015_Vol12 No.4
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	FU Gang,SUN Wei,YU Cheng-Qun,et al. Clipping Alters the Response of Biomass Production to Experimental Warming: A Case Study in an Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China[J]. Journal of Mountain Science,2015,12(4):935-942.
APA	FU Gang.,SUN Wei.,YU Cheng-Qun.,ZHANG Xian-Zhou.,SHEN Zhen-Xi.,...&ZHOU Nan.(2015).Clipping Alters the Response of Biomass Production to Experimental Warming: A Case Study in an Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China.Journal of Mountain Science,12(4),935-942.
MLA	FU Gang,et al."Clipping Alters the Response of Biomass Production to Experimental Warming: A Case Study in an Alpine Meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China".Journal of Mountain Science 12.4(2015):935-942.