Grazing regime alters plant community structure via patch‐scale diversity in semiarid grasslands

Ecosphere

David U. Hooper¹  X. Ben Wu²  Liji Wu³  Andros T. Gianuca⁴  Friedhelm Taube⁵  Jonathan D. Bakker⁶  Chaonan Wang⁷  Yongfei Bai⁸  Wenhuai Li⁹ 

[1] Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 98225, USA;Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA;Department of Grassland Science, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010019, China;German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany;Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research‐UFZ, Theodor‐Lieser‐Str. 4, Halle, 06120, Germany;Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil;Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding ‐ Grass and Forage Science/Organic Agriculture, Christian‐Albrechts‐University, Hermann‐Rodewald‐Str. 9, Kiel, 24118, Germany;School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA;State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China;College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China;College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China;School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China;

关键词: alpha diversity;    beta diversity;    grazing management;    intermediate disturbance hypothesis;    nestedness component;    replacement component;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ecs2.3547

来源: Wiley

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