Effect of burrowing activity of root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on plant diversity in alpine meadow

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	Effect of burrowing activity of root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on plant diversity in alpine meadow
	Sun, P ; Zhao, XQ ; Zhu, WY ; Xu, SX
	2005
发表期刊	POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY ; Sun P, Zhao XQ, Zhu WY, Xu SX. Effect of burrowing activity of root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on plant diversity in alpine meadow.POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,2005,53(4):597-601
摘要	Herbivory and burrowing activity of mammals may influence the species composition and diversity of plant communities. The effect of corridors and holes systems constructed by root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on the plant species diversity was studied in the habitat of high - mountain meadow (3250 in a.s.l in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China). By using grid method, these disturbances were studied on 16 plots (100 cm x 100 cm) distributed in 4 transects in studied area, in August 2000 and 2001. The disturbance intensity index, D, was calculated as the percent of the ground surface disturbed by voles in the study area. Plant species were identified and counted on the same plots. In total 46 plant species were identified - 39% of this number was considered as sensitive to the vole disturbances as their occurrence and/or abundance decreased along the disturbance intensity. Generally, a significantly negative correlation (r = - 0.911 P < 0.01) between vole aboveground disturbances and plant species diversity (H') was found. The results suggest that root vole ground disturbances, especially in the form of actively utilized holes and corridors have significantly negative influence on plant species diversity in high-mountain grassland habitat.; Herbivory and burrowing activity of mammals may influence the species composition and diversity of plant communities. The effect of corridors and holes systems constructed by root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on the plant species diversity was studied in the habitat of high - mountain meadow (3250 in a.s.l in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China). By using grid method, these disturbances were studied on 16 plots (100 cm x 100 cm) distributed in 4 transects in studied area, in August 2000 and 2001. The disturbance intensity index, D, was calculated as the percent of the ground surface disturbed by voles in the study area. Plant species were identified and counted on the same plots. In total 46 plant species were identified - 39% of this number was considered as sensitive to the vole disturbances as their occurrence and/or abundance decreased along the disturbance intensity. Generally, a significantly negative correlation (r = - 0.911 P < 0.01) between vole aboveground disturbances and plant species diversity (H') was found. The results suggest that root vole ground disturbances, especially in the form of actively utilized holes and corridors have significantly negative influence on plant species diversity in high-mountain grassland habitat.
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/40668
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	Sun, P,Zhao, XQ,Zhu, WY,et al. Effect of burrowing activity of root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on plant diversity in alpine meadow[J]. POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, Sun P, Zhao XQ, Zhu WY, Xu SX. Effect of burrowing activity of root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on plant diversity in alpine meadow.POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY,2005,53(4):597-601,2005.
APA	Sun, P,Zhao, XQ,Zhu, WY,&Xu, SX.(2005).Effect of burrowing activity of root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on plant diversity in alpine meadow.POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY.
MLA	Sun, P,et al."Effect of burrowing activity of root vole (Microtus oeconomus Pallas) on plant diversity in alpine meadow".POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY (2005).