The more the merrier? Multi-species grazing of small herbivores mediates plant community impacts

doi:10.1007/s10531-016-1178-7

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	The more the merrier? Multi-species grazing of small herbivores mediates plant community impacts
	Qu, Jiapeng 1,2; Ji, Weihong 3; Russell, James C.4; Zhang, He 1,2; Zhang, Yanming 1,2
	2016-10-01
发表期刊	BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
卷号	25 期号:11 页码:2055-2069
文章类型	Article
摘要	Small herbivores play keystone functional roles in grassland ecosystems. Recognising the combined effects where herbivores co-exist is important for guiding grassland restoration and biodiversity conservation. On the Tibetan Plateau, both plateau pikas and Himalayan marmots are regarded as pests by Tibetan people and local government, but little is known about their combined effects. We conducted a field study to determine the combined effects of pikas and marmots on plant biodiversity and vegetation structure. Plateau pikas alone consistently reduced the plant height and diversity and increased the vegetation cover of physically unpalatable plants. However, the co-existence of marmots with pikas decreased the vegetation cover of physically unpalatable plants, while increasing the cover of palatable plants and plant diversity, ultimately changing the impact of pikas alone and modulating aspects of the plant community. These results illustrate that increasing the abundance and richness of small herbivores in grassland ecosystems may promote plant diversity and benefit vegetation restoration rather than aggravate the degradation of grasslands.
关键词	Biodiversity Grasslands Herbivory Keystone Species Pest Control China
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
DOI	10.1007/s10531-016-1178-7
关键词[WOS]	PIKA OCHOTONA-CURZONIAE ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES ; HIMALAYAN MARMOT ; KEYSTONE RODENT ; DIVERSITY ; VEGETATION ; HETEROGENEITY ; GRASSLAND ; DISTURBANCE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China(31300320 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Key Technology Research and Development Program of Qinghai Province(2014-NS-113) ; 31270467)
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000382014400004
引用统计	被引频次：8[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/6437
专题	中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Plateau Biol, Key Lab Adaptat & Evolut Plateau Biota, Xining 810008, Qinghai, Peoples R China 2.Anim Ecol Genom Key Lab Qinghai Prov, Xining 810008, Qinghai, Peoples R China 3.Massey Univ, Inst Nat Sci, North Shore Mail Ctr, Auckland Campus,Private Bag 102904, Auckland, New Zealand 4.Univ Auckland, Sch Biol Sci, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qu, Jiapeng,Ji, Weihong,Russell, James C.,et al. The more the merrier? Multi-species grazing of small herbivores mediates plant community impacts[J]. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION,2016,25(11):2055-2069.
APA	Qu, Jiapeng,Ji, Weihong,Russell, James C.,Zhang, He,&Zhang, Yanming.(2016).The more the merrier? Multi-species grazing of small herbivores mediates plant community impacts.BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION,25(11),2055-2069.
MLA	Qu, Jiapeng,et al."The more the merrier? Multi-species grazing of small herbivores mediates plant community impacts".BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 25.11(2016):2055-2069.