Drought intensity and post-drought precipitation determine vegetation recovery in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

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第一作者： Li, Xiangyun

作者： Li, Xiangyun;Song, Zhaobin;Hu, Ya;Qiao, Jingjuan;Wang, Shaokun;Yue, Ping;Chen, Min;Zuo, Xiaoan;Li, Xiangyun;Song, Zhaobin;Qiao, Jingjuan;Wang, Shaokun;Yue, Ping;Chen, Min;Zuo, Xiaoan;Li, Xiangyun;Song, Zhaobin;Hu, Ya;Qiao, Jingjuan;Wang, Shaokun;Yue, Ping;Chen, Min;Zuo, Xiaoan;Chen, Yuheng;Ke, Yuguang;Xu, Chong;Yu, Qiang

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关键词： Climate change; Extreme drought; Post drought; Functional traits; Productivity

期刊名称：SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT （ 影响因子：9.8； 五年影响因子：9.6 ）

ISSN： 0048-9697

年卷期： 2024 年 906 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Extreme drought events are expected to increase in frequency and severity, posing significant threats to eco-systems worldwide. While considerable research has been concentrated on the effects of climate extremes on the stability of grasslands, the process by which grassland productivity may recover after extreme drought events are still not well understood. Here, we conducted a four-year (2019-2022) recovery investigation after four-year's (2015-2018) extreme drought treatments of different intensities (control, press and pulse) to explore the vegetation recovery of desert-grassland ecosystems Inner Mongolia, China. Press drought involved a 66 % reduction in natural precipitation from May to August, while pulse drought reduced it by 100 % during June and July. We found that both press and pulse droughts led to a sharp decrease in aboveground net primary pro-ductivity (ANPP) after four years, primarily due to reduced growth, density, and productivity of annual and perennial plants. However, ANPP under pulse drought could recover fully after four years of stopping of drought treatment, and it could not under press drought. Additionally, community structure (i.e., species richness, plant density, and height) fully recovered within 1 year after the end of the two extreme drought treatments. Both plant density and height contributed to the ANPP recovery after press and pulse droughts. Structural equation modeling (SEM) results further revealed that the reduction in ANPP during the extreme drought was primarily due to a decrease in plant density caused by reduced soil water content. The recovery of ANPP in pulse drought was directly caused by increased soil water content in the post-extreme drought. These results suggest that drought intensity and precipitation determine ANPP recovery in a degraded desert steppe. Our findings are crucial for deepening understanding of the processes and mechanisms of ecosystem recovery after extreme drought, as well as for the successful management and protection of grassland ecosystems.

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