Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid grassland

doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13215

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	Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid grassland
	Ren, Haiyan ; Eviner, Valerie T.; Gui, Weiyang ; Wilson, Gail W. T.; Cobb, Adam B.; Yang, Gaowen ; Zhang, Yingjun 4; Hu, Shuijin 2,3; Bai, Yongfei 7
刊名	FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
	2018
卷号	32 期号:12 页码:2790-2800
关键词	functional diversity grazing pressure semi-arid grassland soil microbes species richness threshold
ISSN号	0269-8463
DOI	10.1111/1365-2435.13215
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Livestock grazing has been shown to alter the structure and functions of grassland ecosystems. It is well acknowledged that grazing pressure is one of the strongest drivers of ecosystem-level effects of grazing, but few studies have assessed how grazing pressure impacts grassland biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF). Here, we assessed how different metrics of biodiversity (i.e., plants and soil microbes) and EMF responded to seven different grazing treatments based on an 11-year field experiment in semi-arid Inner Mongolian steppe. We found that soil organic carbon, plant-available nitrogen and plant functional diversity all decreased even at low grazing pressure, while above-ground primary production and bacterial abundance decreased only at high levels of grazing pressure. Structural equation models revealed that EMF was driven by direct effects of grazing, rather than the effects of grazing on plant or microbial community composition. Grazing effects on plant functional diversity and soil microbial abundance did have moderate effects on EMF, while plant richness did not. Synthesis. Our results showed ecosystem functions differ in their sensitivity to grazing pressure, requiring a low grazing threshold to achieve multiple goals in the Eurasian steppe. A is available for this article.
学科主题	Ecology
电子版国际标准刊号	1365-2435
出版地	HOBOKEN
WOS关键词	PLANT-SOIL FEEDBACK ; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY ; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ; SPECIES RICHNESS ; BIODIVERSITY ; HERBIVORES ; LINKAGES ; CHALLENGES ; MANAGEMENT ; RESISTANCE
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY
WOS记录号	WOS:000452038300014
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31700389] ; Basic Research Program of Jiangsu Province (Natural Science Foundation)-Youth Foundation [BK20160738]
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/20586]
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Resources & Environm Sci, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.China Agr Univ, Dept Grassland Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Wilson, Gail W. T.; Cobb, Adam B.] Oklahoma State Univ, Nat Resource Ecol & Management, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA 5.Eviner, Valerie T.] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Plant Sci, Davis, CA 95616 USA 6.Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Agrograssland Sci, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 7.North Carolina State Univ, Dept Entomol & Plant Pathol, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ren, Haiyan,Eviner, Valerie T.,Gui, Weiyang,et al. Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid grassland[J]. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY,2018,32(12):2790-2800.
APA	Ren, Haiyan.,Eviner, Valerie T..,Gui, Weiyang.,Wilson, Gail W. T..,Cobb, Adam B..,...&Bai, Yongfei.(2018).Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid grassland.FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY,32(12),2790-2800.
MLA	Ren, Haiyan,et al."Livestock grazing regulates ecosystem multifunctionality in semi-arid grassland".FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 32.12(2018):2790-2800.