阶段依赖的草原时间稳定性由物种和功能群异步介导:一个长期的割草实验
Zhiying Liu1, Shuying Guo1, Tianqi Wang1
1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Ecology and Resource Use of the Mongolian Plateau & Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.
长期的草地割草最初降低了生态系统的稳定性,但后来增加了它,显示了相位依赖的反应. 这种草原的稳定性是由物种和功能组异步驱动的,而不仅仅是多样性.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 牧场管理 牧场管理
背景情况:
- 草原的时间稳定性对生态系统服务至关重要.
- 割草对草原稳定的长期影响尚未完全理解.
- 了解这些影响对于管理温带草原至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查长期割草如何影响温带草原的草原时间稳定性.
- 为了确定割草对生态系统稳定的影响的相位依赖性.
- 确定关键机制,如物种/功能组异步和组合效应,驱动稳定性.
主要方法:
- 分析了一项长达18年的不同强度的割草实验 (没有割草,每年一次,每年两次).
- 在不同的治疗期内评估了时间稳定性.
- 两变相关性和结构方程建模被用来探索稳定机制.
主要成果:
- 在早期/中期 (1-12岁) 中,剪毛减少了稳定性,但在晚期 (13-18岁) 中增加了稳定性.
- 物种和功能群异步,以及主导物种的稳定性是关键因素.
- 投资组合效应,而不是单独的多样性,对生态系统稳定性做出了重大贡献.
结论:
- 草原生态系统的稳定性表现出对长期割草的相位依赖反应.
- 种类和功能群异步是这种稳定的主要媒介.
- 结果提供了对干旱草原对人类干扰的反应的见解.
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