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

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Qu, Jiapeng1,2; Ji, Weihong3; Russell, James C.4; Zhang, He1,2; Zhang, Yanming1,2
刊名biodiversity and conservation
出版日期2016-10-01
卷号25期号:11页码:2055-2069
关键词Biodiversity Grasslands Herbivory Keystone species Pest control China
英文摘要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.
WOS标题词science & technology ; life sciences & biomedicine
类目[WOS]biodiversity conservation ; ecology ; environmental sciences
研究领域[WOS]biodiversity & conservation ; environmental sciences & ecology
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
WOS记录号WOS:000382014400004
源URL[http://ir.nwipb.ac.cn/handle/363003/6437]  
专题西北高原生物研究所_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
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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.

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