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DOI | 10.1007/s40333-016-0050-7 |
Effects of grazing intensity on seed production of Caragana stenophylla along a climatic aridity gradient in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China | |
Xie Lina1,2; Chen Weizhong2; Gabler, Christopher A.3; Han Lei2; Guo Hongyu2; Chen Qing2; Ma Chengcang2; Gu Song1 | |
通讯作者 | Ma Chengcang ; Gu Song |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID LAND |
ISSN | 1674-6767 |
EISSN | 2194-7783 |
出版年 | 2016 |
卷号 | 8期号:6页码:890-898 |
英文摘要 | As the increases of climatic aridity and grazing intensity, shrubs play an increasingly important role in grassland ecosystem in arid and semi-arid regions, and its abundance also generally increases. However, the effects of climatic aridity and grazing intensity on sexual reproduction of shrubs in grassland remain largely unclear. In order to understand the effects of grazing intensity and climatic drought stress, and their interaction on seed production of shrub species, we examined the seed number, seed weight and seed yield of Caragana stenophylla under three grazing intensities (fenced, mild grazing and severe grazing) across a climatic aridity gradient (semi-arid, arid, very arid and intensively arid zones) in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, northern China during 2012-2013. The seed number, seed weight and seed yield gradually increased from the semi-arid to the very arid zones, but decreased from the very arid to the intensively arid zones in fenced plots. The seed number and seed yield decreased from the semi-arid to the intensively arid zones in mild and severe grazing treatment plots, therefore, grazing enhanced the suppression effect of climatic aridity on seed production of C. stenophylla. The seed number and seed yield gradually decreased as grazing intensity increased. The seed weight was highest in severe grazing plots, followed by the mild grazing plots and then the fenced plots. Precipitation varied interannually during the study period. We observed that the seed number, seed weight and seed yield were lower in the low precipitation year (2013) than in the high precipitation year (2012). As climatic drought stress increased, the negative effects of grazing on seed production of C. stenophylla also gradually increased. Our results indicated that climatic drought stress may contribute to the encroachment of C. stenophylla shrub in arid zones by promoting its seed production. However, grazing had negative effects on sexual reproduction of C. stenophylla, and the combined effects of drought stress and grazing seriously suppressed sexual reproduction of C. stenophylla in the intensively arid zone. |
英文关键词 | grazing seed number seed weight seed yield arid and semi-arid zones Caragana stenophylla |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China ; USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000386126200007 |
WOS关键词 | LEYMUS-CHINENSIS POACEAE ; POPULATIONS ; DESERT ; BIOMASS ; DIFFERENTIATION ; REPRODUCTION ; COMMUNITIES ; PERFORMANCE ; HERBIVORY ; PHENOLOGY |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/194213 |
作者单位 | 1.Nankai Univ, Coll Life Sci, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R China; 2.Tianjin Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Tianjin Key Lab Anim & Plant Resistance, Tianjin 300387, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Houston, Dept Biol & Biochem, Houston, TX 77204 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xie Lina,Chen Weizhong,Gabler, Christopher A.,et al. Effects of grazing intensity on seed production of Caragana stenophylla along a climatic aridity gradient in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China[J],2016,8(6):890-898. |
APA | Xie Lina.,Chen Weizhong.,Gabler, Christopher A..,Han Lei.,Guo Hongyu.,...&Gu Song.(2016).Effects of grazing intensity on seed production of Caragana stenophylla along a climatic aridity gradient in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China.JOURNAL OF ARID LAND,8(6),890-898. |
MLA | Xie Lina,et al."Effects of grazing intensity on seed production of Caragana stenophylla along a climatic aridity gradient in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China".JOURNAL OF ARID LAND 8.6(2016):890-898. |
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