Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1080/17550874.2013.773105 |
The impacts of biologically induced micro-environments on biodiversity in a dry Mediterranean grassland | |
Alhamad, Mohammad N.; Alrababah, Mohammad A. | |
通讯作者 | Alhamad, Mohammad N. |
来源期刊 | PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY
![]() |
ISSN | 1755-0874 |
EISSN | 1755-1668 |
出版年 | 2013 |
卷号 | 6期号:2页码:279-288 |
英文摘要 | Background: Many dryland plant communities are characterised by scattered shrubby vegetation. In such dry ecosystems, individual shrubs modify the local micro-environment and affect the surrounding plant community. Aims: The present study was conducted in a dry Mediterranean grassland community, with scattered shrubs, to determine the impacts of biologically induced micro-environments on the surrounding plant community. Methods: The plant community was sampled at four distances in four micro-environments, defined by cardinal compass directions (north, south, east and west) to assess vegetation composition near individual shrubs and at increasing distances from them. To quantify the impact of shrubs on surrounding species composition, we used a rarefaction approach in addition to alpha and beta diversity and cover parameters. Also, the productivity-diversity relationship was investigated. Results: We found significant micro-environment differences in non-shrub communities in terms of vegetation, bare ground and litter cover, above-ground biomass, species richness and Shannon diversity index. The diversity-productivity relationship was best fit by unimodal and linear models. Rarefaction analysis accumulated more species in the west aspect than in the other aspects. Beta diversity values for consecutive distances were significantly higher than the farthest distances. Conclusions: These findings suggest that shrubs create micro-environments and influence plant community characteristics according to distance and aspect, and therefore add to the complexity and biodiversity of the system; by creating diverse microhabitats they contribute to enhanced plant diversity. |
英文关键词 | alpha diversity beta diversity biodiversity-productivity relationship Coleman curves community structure micro-environment heterogeneity rarefaction small-scale biodiversity analysis |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Jordan |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000320018100011 |
WOS关键词 | SPECIES-DIVERSITY ; PRODUCTIVITY ; SHRUBS ; FACILITATION ; COMPETITION ; DESERT ; ECOSYSTEM ; RICHNESS ; ANNUALS ; SCALE |
WOS类目 | Plant Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/179297 |
作者单位 | Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Nat Resources & Environm, Irbid, Jordan |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Alhamad, Mohammad N.,Alrababah, Mohammad A.. The impacts of biologically induced micro-environments on biodiversity in a dry Mediterranean grassland[J],2013,6(2):279-288. |
APA | Alhamad, Mohammad N.,&Alrababah, Mohammad A..(2013).The impacts of biologically induced micro-environments on biodiversity in a dry Mediterranean grassland.PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY,6(2),279-288. |
MLA | Alhamad, Mohammad N.,et al."The impacts of biologically induced micro-environments on biodiversity in a dry Mediterranean grassland".PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY 6.2(2013):279-288. |
条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。