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DOI10.1111/jvs.12464
Differential plant species responses to interactions of sand burial, precipitation enhancement and climatic variation promote co-existence in Chinese steppe vegetation
Ye, Xuehua1; Liu, Zhilan1; Gao, Shuqin1; Cui, Qingguo1; Liu, Guofang1; Du, Juan1; Dong, Ming1,2; Huang, Zhenying1; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.3
通讯作者Ye, Xuehua
来源期刊JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
ISSN1100-9233
EISSN1654-1103
出版年2017
卷号28期号:1页码:139-148
英文摘要

AimsSand burial and precipitation play important roles in vegetation of inland deserts and desertified areas, and both are under strong influence of climate and land-use change. Sand deposition and precipitation both vary greatly in space and time, and different plant species, with diverse adaptations, occupy different niches along spatial gradients in the combination of sand and water availability dynamics. We hypothesized that species specificity in spatial and temporal niche occupation along such gradients is a mechanism for their co-existence and, thereby, a driver and stabilizer of biodiversity in dry, sandy areas.


LocationOrdos Plateau, China.


MethodsWe conducted a 2-yr field experiment with factorial treatments of precipitation (control, slight enhancement, strong enhancement) and sand addition (control, medium addition, large addition). Plant cover of the six dominant species was followed over different seasons, as we expected different species to benefit from different treatments in different seasons and years with different weather regimes.


ResultsSand burial alone significantly affected plant cover of all six dominant species, while precipitation enhancement had no significant effect. Effects of sand burial on plant cover changed overall during the two hydrologically contrasting years. Our key finding was that there were multiple significant two- and three-way interactions between species, sand burial and precipitation enhancement on plant cover, while there were also multiple two- and three-way interactions involving species, sand burial or precipitation treatment with year and/or season.


ConclusionOur results supported our hypothesis, i.e. the co-existence of species in a semi-arid sand dune can be explained from the different niches they occupy in terms of seasonal and year-to-year variation in precipitation in combination with sand deposition regime. The interactions of these drivers on plant cover with experimental enhancement of precipitation, mimicking a realistic scenario for this region, suggest that shifts in species composition are to be expected this century. More generally, our findings advance our understanding of what drives species co-existence and thereby biodiversity, now and in the future.


英文关键词Community dynamics Plant species cover Precipitation enhancement Sand burial Seasonal dynamic Species co-existence
类型Article
语种英语
国家Peoples R China ; Netherlands
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000395422900014
WOS关键词COMMUNITY RESPONSES ; SEEDLING EMERGENCE ; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS ; OUTER HEBRIDES ; DUNE SYSTEMS ; GRASSLAND ; ECOLOGY ; AVAILABILITY ; ECOSYSTEMS ; SCOTLAND
WOS类目Plant Sciences ; Ecology ; Forestry
WOS研究方向Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Forestry
来源机构中国科学院植物研究所
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/200875
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Inst Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China;
2.Hangzhou Normal Univ, Key Lab Hangzhou City Ecosyst Protect & Restorat, Hangzhou 310036, Zhejiang, Peoples R China;
3.Vrije Univ, Dept Ecol Sci, Syst Ecol, Boelelaan 1085, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Ye, Xuehua,Liu, Zhilan,Gao, Shuqin,et al. Differential plant species responses to interactions of sand burial, precipitation enhancement and climatic variation promote co-existence in Chinese steppe vegetation[J]. 中国科学院植物研究所,2017,28(1):139-148.
APA Ye, Xuehua.,Liu, Zhilan.,Gao, Shuqin.,Cui, Qingguo.,Liu, Guofang.,...&Cornelissen, Johannes H. C..(2017).Differential plant species responses to interactions of sand burial, precipitation enhancement and climatic variation promote co-existence in Chinese steppe vegetation.JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE,28(1),139-148.
MLA Ye, Xuehua,et al."Differential plant species responses to interactions of sand burial, precipitation enhancement and climatic variation promote co-existence in Chinese steppe vegetation".JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE 28.1(2017):139-148.
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