Using leaf traits to explain species co-existence and its consequences for primary productivity across a forest-steppe ecotone
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作者 | He, Peng7; Fontana, Simone5,6; Ma, Chengcang7; Liu, Heyong4; Xu, Li3; Wang, Ruzhen4; Jiang, Yong4; Li, Mai -He1,2,4 |
刊名 | SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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出版日期 | 2023-02-10 |
卷号 | 859页码:12 |
关键词 | Biodiversity Functional diversity Niche theory Ecosystem functioning Community assembly |
ISSN号 | 0048-9697 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160139 |
通讯作者 | Jiang, Yong(jiangyong@hbu.edu.cn) |
英文摘要 | Trait-based approaches have been widely applied to uncover the mechanisms determining community assembly and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. However, they have rarely been used in forest-steppe ecotones. These ecosystems are extremely sensitive to disturbances due to their relatively complex ecosystem structures, func-tionings and processes. In this study, we selected seven sites along a transect from closed canopy forests (CF) to forest-steppe ecotones (FSE) and meadow steppes (MS) in northeast China. Six leaf functional traits (i.e. leaf nitrogen and phosphorus contents, leaf length and thickness, single leaf area and leaf mass per unit area, LMA) as well as the community composition and aboveground biomass at each site were measured. Both functional trait diversity indices (richness, evenness and divergence) and community-weighted mean trait values (CWMs) were calculated to quantify community trait distributions. We found that dominant species in the FSE communities showed acquisitive strategies with highest leaf nitrogen (Mean +/- SE: 19.6 +/- 0.5 mg g-1) and single leaf area (19.2 +/- 1.3 cm2), but the lowest LMA (59.6 +/- 1.3 g cm-2) values compared to adjacent CF and MS communities. The ecotone communities also exhibited the largest functional trait richness (TOP), evenness (TED) and divergence (FDis) values (0.46, 0.92 and 0.67, respectively). Overall, niche differentiation emerges as the main mechanism influencing the coexistence of plant species in ecotone ecosystems. In addition, CWMs of leaf traits were the most important predictors for es-timating variations in aboveground productivity across the transect, suggesting a major influence of dominant species. Our findings suggest that vegetation management practices in forest-steppe ecotones should increasingly focus on community functional trait diversity, and support the establishment and regeneration of plant species with rapid resource acquisition strategies. |
WOS关键词 | PLANT FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY ; COMMUNITY-LEVEL ; BIODIVERSITY ; FRAMEWORK ; COMPLEMENTARITY ; MECHANISMS ; VEGETATION ; TEMPERATE ; RICHNESS ; PATTERNS |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; [32001147] |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000916059500004 |
出版者 | ELSEVIER |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China |
源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/190042] ![]() |
专题 | 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 |
通讯作者 | Jiang, Yong |
作者单位 | 1.Northeast Normal Univ, Minist Educ, Sch Geog Sci, Key Lab Geog Proc & Ecol Secur Changbai Mt, Changchun 130024, Peoples R China 2.Swiss Fed Inst Forest Snow & Landscape Res WSL, Forest dynam, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Hebei Univ, Coll Life Sci, Baoding 071002, Peoples R China 5.Abt Nat & Landschaft, Amt Nat,Jagd Fischerei, CH-9001 St Gallen, Switzerland 6.Univ Freiburg, Nat Conservat & Landscape Ecol, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany 7.Tianjin Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Tianjin Key Lab Anim & Plant Resistance, Tianjin, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | He, Peng,Fontana, Simone,Ma, Chengcang,et al. Using leaf traits to explain species co-existence and its consequences for primary productivity across a forest-steppe ecotone[J]. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,2023,859:12. |
APA | He, Peng.,Fontana, Simone.,Ma, Chengcang.,Liu, Heyong.,Xu, Li.,...&Li, Mai -He.(2023).Using leaf traits to explain species co-existence and its consequences for primary productivity across a forest-steppe ecotone.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,859,12. |
MLA | He, Peng,et al."Using leaf traits to explain species co-existence and its consequences for primary productivity across a forest-steppe ecotone".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 859(2023):12. |
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来源:地理科学与资源研究所
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