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Relationship of plant diversity with litter and soil available nitrogen in an alpine meadow under a 9-year grazing exclusion | |
Zou, Jingru ; Luo, Caiyun ; Xu, Xingliang ; Zhao, Na ; Zhao, Liang ; Zhao, Xinquan | |
2016-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
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摘要 | Grazing exclusion is widely used globally to restore degraded grasslands. Plant diversity has important impacts on grassland ecosystem functions, including grassland productivity and carbon storage. In this study, we selected a Kobresia meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau to investigate how grazing exclusion affects plant diversity. Inorganic nitrogen (NH4 (+) and NO3 (-)) was also measured because its availability impacts plant growth. We found that plant diversity in the meadow was significantly lower under grazing exclusion (fenced meadow) for 9 years compared with moderate grazing. Accumulated litter was significantly higher under grazing exclusion (386.41 g m(-2)) compared with grazing (58.77 g m(-2)). Soil inorganic nitrogen at 0-5 cm depth was significantly higher under grazing exclusion (13.60 x 10(-2) g kg(-1)) than under grazing (9.40 x 10(-2) g kg(-1)). The composition of the four functional groups (grasses, sedges, legumes, and forbs) might alter in response to significant changes in the amount of litter and soil available nitrogen content under grazing exclusion compared with grazing. However, the enhanced soil available nitrogen content showed weak feedbacks on plant diversity. In conclusion, light limitation induced by increased amounts of litter may be the main factor causing decreased plant diversity in grazing-excluded meadows compared with moderately grazed meadows. |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/38176 |
专题 | 中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zou, Jingru,Luo, Caiyun,Xu, Xingliang,et al. Relationship of plant diversity with litter and soil available nitrogen in an alpine meadow under a 9-year grazing exclusion[J]. ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH,2016. |
APA | Zou, Jingru,Luo, Caiyun,Xu, Xingliang,Zhao, Na,Zhao, Liang,&Zhao, Xinquan.(2016).Relationship of plant diversity with litter and soil available nitrogen in an alpine meadow under a 9-year grazing exclusion.ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH. |
MLA | Zou, Jingru,et al."Relationship of plant diversity with litter and soil available nitrogen in an alpine meadow under a 9-year grazing exclusion".ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH (2016). |
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