干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Habitat protection and removal of encroaching shrubs support the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

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DOI	10.1111/csp2.13111
	Habitat protection and removal of encroaching shrubs support the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
	Losapio, Gianalberto; De Moraes, Consuelo M.; Dirzo, Rodolfo; Tscheulin, Thomas; Zouros, Nikos; Mescher, Mark C.
通讯作者	Losapio, G
来源期刊	CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
EISSN	2578-4854
出版年	2024
英文摘要	Livestock overgrazing causes environmental degradation, species invasion, biodiversity loss, and productivity decline, with profound consequences for ecological sustainability and human livelihoods. Habitat protection can mitigate such impacts, but we know little about how the long-term recovery of plant communities from livestock overgrazing depends on the presence of encroaching shrubs. Here, we explored how shrub encroachment mediates the effects of habitat protection (i.e., livestock exclusion and creation of UNESCO protected areas) on biodiversity recovery and ecosystem functioning (i.e., biomass productivity). We leveraged a long-term (15-25 years) experiment of livestock exclusion and complemented it with the removal of an encroaching shrub species in pasture areas and protected areas. We reveal that habitat protection has positive effects on patterns of recovery. Yet, the effects of habitat protection are mediated by shrub encroachment. Encroaching shrubs have net positive effects on plant diversity in pasture areas but inhibit biodiversity recovery in protected areas. The combination of habitat protection and the removal of encroaching shrubs best enhances the recovery of plant diversity and biomass productivity. A potential underlying mechanism is the shift in plant interactions from facilitation for recruitment and associated resistance to competition for water. Understanding species interactions is key to guiding conservation and restoration actions which can turn degraded ecosystems back into functional, species-rich communities. We study how different conservation actions affect the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. We report that habitat protection has some good effects on biodiversity recovery, but livestock resistance can revert conservation efforts. Habitat protection along with the active removal of encroaching shrubs better support ecosystem resilience. image
英文关键词	biodiversity-ecosystem functioning biological invasion conservation actions facilitation indirect effects land degradation livestock overgrazing plant communities resilience
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001186877400001
WOS关键词	SARCOPOTERIUM-SPINOSUM ; GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY ; DIVERSITY ; DESERTIFICATION ; RESILIENCE ; MANAGEMENT ; RANGELANDS ; SCENARIOS ; LIVESTOCK ; LESVOS
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/403262
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Losapio, Gianalberto,De Moraes, Consuelo M.,Dirzo, Rodolfo,et al. Habitat protection and removal of encroaching shrubs support the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning[J],2024.
APA	Losapio, Gianalberto,De Moraes, Consuelo M.,Dirzo, Rodolfo,Tscheulin, Thomas,Zouros, Nikos,&Mescher, Mark C..(2024).Habitat protection and removal of encroaching shrubs support the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE.
MLA	Losapio, Gianalberto,et al."Habitat protection and removal of encroaching shrubs support the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning".CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE (2024).