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DOI | 10.1002/eap.1582 |
Applying community ecological theory to maximize productivity of cultivated biocrusts | |
Bowker, Matthew A.1; Antoninka, Anita J.1; Durham, Rebecca A.2 | |
通讯作者 | Bowker, Matthew A. |
来源期刊 | ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
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ISSN | 1051-0761 |
EISSN | 1939-5582 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 27期号:6页码:1958-1969 |
英文摘要 | Degraded rangelands around the world may benefit from the reestablishment of lost biological soil crusts (biocrusts, soil surface cryptogamic-microbial communities). Cultivation of biocrust organisms is the first step in this process, and may benefit from harnessing species interactions. Species interactions are a dominant force structuring ecological communities. One key element of community structure, species richness, is itself important because it can promote the productivity of the entire community. Here, we use biological soil crusts as a model to test the effects of species interactions on production of biocrust materials for use in ecosystem rehabilitation. We screened eight different moss and lichen species from semiarid rangelands of Montana, USA, for growth potential under two watering regimes. Mosses generally grew well, but we were unable to cultivate the selected lichen species. We produced a >400% increase in the biomass of one species (Ceratodon purpureus). We tested whether a parasite-host relationship between two lichens could be used to enhance productivity of the parasite species, but this also resulted in no net gain of lichen productivity. Finally, we constructed all possible community combinations from a pool of five moss species to test for overyielding (community productivity exceeding that expected from the growth of community members in monoculture), and to determine both if, and the mode in which, species richness increases productivity. Polycultures yielded more than would be expected based upon the production of community constituents in monoculture. Using structural equation models, we determined that there was a modest effect of species richness on community productivity (r = 0.24-0.25), which was independent of a stronger effect of the identity of species in the community (r = 0.41-0.50). These results will contribute to the optimization of biocrust cultivation, promoting the development of this emerging ecological rehabilitation technology. |
英文关键词 | biodiversity-productivity relationship biological soil crust ecological restoration lichen moss species interactions. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000408814800020 |
WOS关键词 | BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS ; ARID LANDS ; ECOSYSTEM MULTIFUNCTIONALITY ; TEMPERATURE RESPONSES ; SOUTHERN UTAH ; WATER-CONTENT ; CO2 EXCHANGE ; BIODIVERSITY ; DIVERSITY ; MOSS |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; 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/2XILL650/198413 |
作者单位 | 1.No Arizona Univ, Sch Forestry, 200 East Pine Knoll Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; 2.MPG Ranch, 1001 South Higgins Ave STE 3A, Missoula, MT 59801 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bowker, Matthew A.,Antoninka, Anita J.,Durham, Rebecca A.. Applying community ecological theory to maximize productivity of cultivated biocrusts[J],2017,27(6):1958-1969. |
APA | Bowker, Matthew A.,Antoninka, Anita J.,&Durham, Rebecca A..(2017).Applying community ecological theory to maximize productivity of cultivated biocrusts.ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS,27(6),1958-1969. |
MLA | Bowker, Matthew A.,et al."Applying community ecological theory to maximize productivity of cultivated biocrusts".ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 27.6(2017):1958-1969. |
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