Arid
DOI10.1002/eco.1916
Shrub patch configuration in relation to precipitation and soil properties in Northwest China
Fan, Ying1,2; Li, Xiao-Yan1,2; Huang, Yong-Mei1,2; Li, Liu1,2; Zhang, Jing-Hui1,2; Liu, Qi1,2; Jiang, Zhi-Yun1,2
通讯作者Li, Xiao-Yan
会议名称4th Biohydrology International Conference
会议日期SEP 13-16, 2016
会议地点Almeria, SPAIN
英文摘要

Shrub patch configuration is a long-term evolutionary response to several environmental drivers and an equilibrium state in species competition. However, the variance in configuration along the precipitation gradient and its association with climate, soil, and adjacent vegetation remains unclear. Our study aimed to assess the variation of shrub patch configuration along a climatic gradient and the factors that affect shrub patch configuration, on the Inner Mongolia Plateau of Northwest China. Results showed that climate, soil, and vegetation contributed to 72.9% of the variance in shrub patch configuration. Interestingly, interspace/shrub radius ratio showed a decreasing trend with increasing precipitation transect. Patch size was positively correlated with aboveground biomass of interspace grass. Shrubs generally aggregated in high patches with low density on coarse soil texture, and vice versa. Moreover, shrub patches tended to occupy a larger percentage of landscape with increasing rainfall. To our knowledge, our study provides the first quantification of the effects of climate, soil, and vegetation on shrub patch configuration along a precipitation gradient in Northwest China and may contribute to a better understanding of the structure and functions of shrub ecosystems with a broader ecological application in arid and semiarid regions.


英文关键词arid and semiarid area self-organization shrubland spatial patterns
来源出版物ECOHYDROLOGY
ISSN1936-0584
EISSN1936-0592
出版年2018
卷号11
期号6
出版者WILEY
类型Article;Proceedings Paper
语种英语
国家Peoples R China
收录类别SCI-E ; CPCI-S
WOS记录号WOS:000445329300004
WOS关键词VEGETATION PATTERNS ; ARID ECOSYSTEMS ; SEMIARID VEGETATION ; WATER AVAILABILITY ; CLIMATIC GRADIENT ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; TIGER BUSH ; DYNAMICS ; DIVERSITY ; DROUGHT
WOS类目Ecology ; Environmental Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
资源类型会议论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/307357
作者单位1.Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China;
2.Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Nat Resources, Fac Geog Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
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Fan, Ying,Li, Xiao-Yan,Huang, Yong-Mei,et al. Shrub patch configuration in relation to precipitation and soil properties in Northwest China[C]:WILEY,2018.
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