Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.3390/plants9111463 |
Increased Precipitation Shapes Relationship between Biochemical and Functional Traits of Stipa glareosa in Grass-Dominated Rather than Shrub-Dominated Community in a Desert Steppe | |
Hu, Ya; Zuo, Xiaoan; Yue, Ping; Zhao, Shenglong; Guo, Xinxin; Li, Xiangyun; Medina-Roldan, Eduardo | |
通讯作者 | Zuo, XA |
来源期刊 | PLANTS-BASEL
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EISSN | 2223-7747 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 9期号:11 |
英文摘要 | Understanding the effects of precipitation variations on plant biochemical and functional traits is crucial to predict plant adaptation to future climate changes. The dominant species, Stipa glareosa, plays an important role in maintaining the structure and function of plant communities in the desert steppe, Inner Mongolia. However, little is known about how altered precipitation affects biochemical and functional traits of S. glareosa in different communities in the desert steppe. Here, we examined the responses of biochemical and functional traits of S. glareosa in shrub- and grass-dominated communities to experimentally increased precipitation (control, +20%, +40%, and +60%). We found that +40% and +60% increased plant height and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) and decreased specific leaf area (SLA) of S. glareosa in grass community. For biochemical traits in grass community, +60% decreased the contents of protein and chlorophyll b (Cb), while +40% increased the relative electrical conductivity and superoxide dismutase. Additionally, +20% increased LDMC and malondialaenyde, and decreased SLA and protein in shrub community. Chlorophyll a, Cb, carotenoids, protein and superoxide dismutase in the grass community differed with shrub community, while +60% caused differences in SLA, LDMC, leaf carbon content, malondialaenyde and peroxidase between two communities. The positive or negative linear patterns were observed between different functional and biochemical traits in grass- rather than shrub-community. Soil water content explained changes in some biochemical traits in the grass community, but not for functional traits. These results suggest that increased precipitation can affect functional traits of S. glareosa in the grass community by altering biochemical traits caused by soil water content. The biochemical and functional traits of S. glareosa were more sensitive to extreme precipitation in grass- than shrub-community in the desert steppe. Our study highlights the important differences in adaptive strategies of S. glareosa in different plant communities at the same site to precipitation changes. |
英文关键词 | precipitation gradient climate change functional trait biochemical trait desert steppe |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
开放获取类型 | gold, Green Published |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000593912000001 |
WOS关键词 | LEAF ECONOMICS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; NUTRIENT ; TOLERANCE ; FRAMEWORK ; RAINFALL ; WOODY |
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/2XILL650/327734 |
作者单位 | [Hu, Ya; Zuo, Xiaoan; Yue, Ping; Zhao, Shenglong; Guo, Xinxin; Li, Xiangyun] Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Urat Desert Grassland Res Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; [Hu, Ya; Zuo, Xiaoan] Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Naiman Desertificat Res Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; [Hu, Ya; Zhao, Shenglong; Guo, Xinxin] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China; [Medina-Roldan, Eduardo] Xian Jiaotong Liverpool Univ, Dept Hlth & Environm Sci, Suzhou 215000, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hu, Ya,Zuo, Xiaoan,Yue, Ping,et al. Increased Precipitation Shapes Relationship between Biochemical and Functional Traits of Stipa glareosa in Grass-Dominated Rather than Shrub-Dominated Community in a Desert Steppe[J],2020,9(11). |
APA | Hu, Ya.,Zuo, Xiaoan.,Yue, Ping.,Zhao, Shenglong.,Guo, Xinxin.,...&Medina-Roldan, Eduardo.(2020).Increased Precipitation Shapes Relationship between Biochemical and Functional Traits of Stipa glareosa in Grass-Dominated Rather than Shrub-Dominated Community in a Desert Steppe.PLANTS-BASEL,9(11). |
MLA | Hu, Ya,et al."Increased Precipitation Shapes Relationship between Biochemical and Functional Traits of Stipa glareosa in Grass-Dominated Rather than Shrub-Dominated Community in a Desert Steppe".PLANTS-BASEL 9.11(2020). |
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