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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104614
	The possible role of Ziziphus lotus as an ecosystem engineer in semiarid landscapes
	Constantinou, Elena; Sarris, Dimitrios; Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.
通讯作者	Sarris, D (corresponding author), Open Univ Cyprus, Fac Pure & Appl Sci, CY-2252 Nicosia, Cyprus.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2021
卷号	195
英文摘要	Positive interactions between nurse plants and their facilitated species are most notable in dry/high-elevation habitats. Plants that modify limiting resources or constraining variables creating an even stronger positive impact on the community are considered ecosystem engineers. Ziziphus lotus, a dominant deep-rooted shrub of arid/semi-arid Mediterranean habitats, can create fertile islets; most likely acting as a nurse plant. To further investigate its role as an ecosystem engineer, we assessed for Thymbra capitata the density of 1377 individuals and the night time-dehydration of 66 individuals, growing around 11 Z.lotus plants for three successive zones (0-5m, 5-10m and 10-15m) and for wetter and drier habitats created by topography in Cyprus. We discovered that T. capitata significantly increases in density (by c. 2.5 times) and can improve its night-time rehydration in mid-summer (by c. 60 times) when growing up to 5m around Z.lotus compared to thymes growing 10-15m away. Density and stem moisture for thymes growing near Z.lotus do not seem to be significantly affected by topography. Hence, Z.lotus may have properties to be classified as an ecosystem engineer and the potential to boost semiarid ecosystem productivity in the battle against desertification under global climatic change.
英文关键词	Aridity Climate change Desertification Ecosystem engineer Facilitation Mediterranean
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000697775400007
WOS关键词	POSITIVE INTERACTIONS ; PLANT INTERACTIONS ; STRESS GRADIENTS ; HYDRAULIC LIFT ; NURSE-PLANTS ; WATER-UPTAKE ; FACILITATION ; SHRUB ; DYNAMICS ; SOIL
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/2XILL650/363754
作者单位	[Constantinou, Elena; Sarris, Dimitrios; Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.] Open Univ Cyprus, Fac Pure & Appl Sci, CY-2252 Nicosia, Cyprus; [Sarris, Dimitrios] Univ Cyprus, Dept Biol Sci, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus; [Sarris, Dimitrios] KES Res Ctr, CY-1055 Nicosia, Cyprus; [Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.] Univ Milano Bicocca, Dept Environm & Earth Sci, I-20126 Milan, Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Constantinou, Elena,Sarris, Dimitrios,Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.. The possible role of Ziziphus lotus as an ecosystem engineer in semiarid landscapes[J],2021,195.
APA	Constantinou, Elena,Sarris, Dimitrios,&Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N..(2021).The possible role of Ziziphus lotus as an ecosystem engineer in semiarid landscapes.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,195.
MLA	Constantinou, Elena,et al."The possible role of Ziziphus lotus as an ecosystem engineer in semiarid landscapes".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 195(2021).