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DOI	10.1038/s41598-021-94698-0
	Geodiversity impacts plant community structure in a semi-arid region
	De Falco, Natalie; Tal-Berger, Reut; Hjazin, Amgad; Yizhaq, Hezi; Stavi, Ilan; Rachmilevitch, Shimon
通讯作者	De Falco, N (corresponding author), Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Sede Boqer Campus, IL-849900 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel.
来源期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
出版年	2021
卷号	11 期号:1
英文摘要	Geodiversity refers to the variety of geological and physical elements as well as to geomorphological processes of the earth surface. Heterogeneity of the physical environment has an impact on plant diversity. In recent years, the relations between geodiversity and biodiversity has gained attention in conservation biology, especially in the context of climate change. In this study, we assessed the spatial and temporal change in plant's community structure in a semi-arid region, Sayeret Shaked Long Term Ecosystem Research (LTER) station, Israel. Vegetation surveys were conducted on different hillslopes, either with or without rock covers in order to study the spatial trends of hillslope geodiversity. The surveys were conducted for two consecutive years (2016 and 2017), of which the second year was drier and hotter and therefore permitted to investigate the temporal change of plant's community structure. The results of the spatial trends show that (1) geodiversity increases vegetation biodiversity and promotes perennial plants and those of the temporal change show that (2) the positive effect of geodiversity on plants' community structure and species richness is greater in the drier year than that in a wetter year. The main insight is that in these drylands, hillslopes with higher geodiversity appear to buffer the effect of drier years, and supported a more diverse plant community than lower geodiversity hillslopes.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000680468100004
WOS关键词	ROCK FRAGMENT COVER ; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; SOIL INFILTRATION ; SPECIES RICHNESS ; STONE-COVER ; BIODIVERSITY ; PATTERNS
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
来源机构	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/364655
作者单位	[De Falco, Natalie] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Sede Boqer Campus, IL-849900 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; [Tal-Berger, Reut; Rachmilevitch, Shimon] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, French Associates Inst Agr & Biotechnol Drylands, Sede Boqer Campus, IL-849900 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; [Hjazin, Amgad] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Albert Katz Int Sch Desert Studies, Sede Boqer Campus, IL-849900 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; [Yizhaq, Hezi] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Dept Solar Energy & Environm Phys, Sede Boqer Campus, IL-849900 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; [Stavi, Ilan] Dead Sea & Arava Sci Ctr, IL-88820 Yotvata, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	De Falco, Natalie,Tal-Berger, Reut,Hjazin, Amgad,et al. Geodiversity impacts plant community structure in a semi-arid region[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2021,11(1).
APA	De Falco, Natalie,Tal-Berger, Reut,Hjazin, Amgad,Yizhaq, Hezi,Stavi, Ilan,&Rachmilevitch, Shimon.(2021).Geodiversity impacts plant community structure in a semi-arid region.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,11(1).
MLA	De Falco, Natalie,et al."Geodiversity impacts plant community structure in a semi-arid region".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 11.1(2021).