文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Chen, Juan ¹ ; Song, Naiping ¹ ; Wang, Xing ² ; Meng, Chen ² ; Zhang, Yi ² ; Chen, Lin ² ; Wang, Qixue ² ; Lv, Hao ² ; Wu, Xudong ⁵ ; Yu, Dian ⁶ ;

作者机构： 1.Ningxia Univ, Coll Forestry & Pratacuture, Yinchuan 750021, Peoples R China

2.Breeding Base State Key Lab Land Degradat & Ecol R, Huainan, Peoples R China

3.Minist Educ, Key Lab Restorat & Reconstruct Degraded Ecosyst no, Yinchuan, Peoples R China

4.Ningxia Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm, Yinchuan 750021, Peoples R China

5.Ningxia Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Inst Desertificat Control, Yinchuan 750002, Ningxia, Peoples R China

6.Ningxia Habahu Natl Nat Reserve Adm, Wuzhong 751500, Yanchi, Peoples R China

关键词： Functional diversity; Selection effect; Ecosystem function; Total transpirable soil water; Desert steppe

期刊名称：ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS （ 影响因子：6.9； 五年影响因子：6.6 ）

ISSN： 1470-160X

年卷期： 2024 年 160 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The desert grassland has low precipitation, high evaporation and a limited soil water supply. Thus the tension between water shortage and sustainable vegetation restoration is increasingly evident. Change in total transpirable soil water (TTSW) reflects the water utilization and extraction capacity of plant communities, which are the basis for maintaining productivity and stability in communities, as well as the key ecological processes alleviating the above tension. Change in TTSW is influenced by precipitation, vegetation and soil. Quantifying the relative contribution of these factors to change in TTSW is key to the sustainable restoration of desert grassland. However, the current understanding of such effects remains limited. This study examined four typical plant communities in the Ningxia desert grassland, monitoring soil water content and evaluating plant community characteristics and diversity over three consecutive years. Using redundancy analysis and hierarchical partitioning methods, the influence of annual precipitation, vegetation (functional and species diversity, community characteristics) and soil physical properties on TTSW variation were investigated. Findings revealed: (1) The factors contributing to TTSW variation were annual precipitation (41 %-68 %,), vegetation (29 %-45 %), and soil physical properties (0 %-6.7 %). Specifically, community-weighted mean traits (CWM) and functional diversity (FD) explained TTSW variation by 24-37 % and 0.25-11 % respectively. In Gramineae communities, the influence of annual precipitation and vegetation on TTSW variation was consistent across soil depths. However, in degraded Sophora alopecuroides + Artemisia scoparia (SA) communities, the influence of vegetation (CWM, FD, community composition and community function) on TTSW variation was more pronounced in shallow soils (45 %) than in deeper soils (33 %), while annual precipitation effects were more substantial in the deep soil layers (66 %) than in the shallow soil layers (42 %). (2) Annual precipitation and CWM were the main biological and abiotic factors affecting TTSW. Interestingly, increased annual precipitation was negatively correlated with TTSW. Similarly, the primary controlling factor, CWM, also showed a significant negative relationship with TTSW. This relationship varied across community types and could be linear or quadratic, highlighting the need to understand the selection effects mediated by CWM in ensuring sustainable vegetation restoration. This research offers insights into the relationship between plant functional diversity and soil water retention function.