Spatiotemporal dynamics of aboveground primary productivity along a precipitation gradient in Chinese temperate grassland

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	Spatiotemporal dynamics of aboveground primary productivity along a precipitation gradient in Chinese temperate grassland
	Yu Guirui
	2007
关键词	Atmospheric temperature Climate change Moisture Vegetation
英文摘要	Investigating the spatial and temporal variance in productivity along natural precipitation gradients is one of the most efficient approaches to improve understanding of how ecosystems respond to climate change. In this paper, by using the natural precipitation gradient of the Inner Mongolian Plateau from east to west determined by relatively long-term observations, we analyzed the temporal and spatial dynamics of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) of the temperate grasslands covering this region. Across this grassland transect, ANPP increased exponentially with the increase of mean annual precipitation (MAP) (ANPP=24.47e^0.005MAP, R²=0.48). Values for the three vegetation types desert steppe, typical steppe, and meadow steppe were: 60.86 gm^-2a^-1, 167.14 gm^-2 a^-1 and 288.73 gm^-2a^-1 respectively. By contrast, temperature had negative effects on ANPP. The moisture index (K), which takes into account both precipitation and temperature could explain the spatial variance of ANPP better than MAP alone (ANPP=2020.34K^1.24, R²=0.57). Temporally, we found that the inter-annual variation in ANPP (calculated as the coefficient of variation, CV) got greater with the increase of aridity. However, this trend was not correlated with the inter-annual variation of precipitation. For all of the three vegetation types, ANPP had greater inter-annual variation than annual precipitation (PPT). Their difference (ANPP CV/PPT CV) was greatest in desert steppe and least in meadow steppe. Our results suggest that in more arid regions, grasslands not only have lower productivity, but also higher inter-annual variation of production. Climate change may have significant effects on the productivity through changes in precipitation pattern, vegetation growth potential, and species diversity. © Science in China Press 2007.
出处	Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences
卷	50 期:5 页:754-764
收录类别	EI
语种	英语
内容类型	EI期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/24870]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献地理科学与资源研究所_生态系统研究网络观测与模拟重点实验室_CERN水分分中心
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yu Guirui. Spatiotemporal dynamics of aboveground primary productivity along a precipitation gradient in Chinese temperate grassland. 2007.