Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau
We investigated the independent and combined effects of experimental warming and grazing on plant species diversity on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, a region highly vulnerable to ongoing climate and land use changes. Experimental warming caused a 26-36% decrease in species richness, a response...
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ftchinacascnwipb:oai:210.75.249.4:363003/1385 2023-05-15T18:40:41+02:00 Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau Klein, JA Harte, J Zhao, XQ 2004-12-01 http://ir.nwipb.ac.cn/handle/363003/1385 英语 eng ECOLOGY LETTERS Klein Julia A, Harte John, Zhao Xinquan.Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau.ECOLOGY LETTERS,2004,7(12):1170-1179 http://ir.nwipb.ac.cn/handle/363003/1385 Alpine Biodiversity Climate Warming Global Change Grazing Rangelands Species Richness Tibetan Plateau 生物科学 Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine CLIMATE-CHANGE GRASSLAND DIVERSITY ELEVATED CO2 TEMPERATURE RESPONSES RICHNESS TUNDRA PLANTS SOIL Environmental Sciences & Ecology Ecology Article 期刊论文 2004 ftchinacascnwipb 2023-03-26T20:22:06Z We investigated the independent and combined effects of experimental warming and grazing on plant species diversity on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, a region highly vulnerable to ongoing climate and land use changes. Experimental warming caused a 26-36% decrease in species richness, a response that was generally dampened by experimental grazing. Higher species losses occurred at the drier sites where N was less available. Moreover, we observed an indirect effect of climate change on species richness as mediated by plant-plant interactions. Heat stress and warming-induced litter accumulation are potential explanations for the species' responses to experimental warming. This is the first reported experimental evidence that climate warming could cause dramatic declines in plant species diversity in high elevation ecosystems over short time frames and supports model predictions of species losses with anthropogenic climate change. We investigated the independent and combined effects of experimental warming and grazing on plant species diversity on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, a region highly vulnerable to ongoing climate and land use changes. Experimental warming caused a 26-36% decrease in species richness, a response that was generally dampened by experimental grazing. Higher species losses occurred at the drier sites where N was less available. Moreover, we observed an indirect effect of climate change on species richness as mediated by plant-plant interactions. Heat stress and warming-induced litter accumulation are potential explanations for the species' responses to experimental warming. This is the first reported experimental evidence that climate warming could cause dramatic declines in plant species diversity in high elevation ecosystems over short time frames and supports model predictions of species losses with anthropogenic climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology: NWIPB OpenIR (Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
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Alpine Biodiversity Climate Warming Global Change Grazing Rangelands Species Richness Tibetan Plateau 生物科学 Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine CLIMATE-CHANGE GRASSLAND DIVERSITY ELEVATED CO2 TEMPERATURE RESPONSES RICHNESS TUNDRA PLANTS SOIL Environmental Sciences & Ecology Ecology |
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Alpine Biodiversity Climate Warming Global Change Grazing Rangelands Species Richness Tibetan Plateau 生物科学 Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine CLIMATE-CHANGE GRASSLAND DIVERSITY ELEVATED CO2 TEMPERATURE RESPONSES RICHNESS TUNDRA PLANTS SOIL Environmental Sciences & Ecology Ecology Klein, JA Harte, J Zhao, XQ Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau |
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Alpine Biodiversity Climate Warming Global Change Grazing Rangelands Species Richness Tibetan Plateau 生物科学 Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine CLIMATE-CHANGE GRASSLAND DIVERSITY ELEVATED CO2 TEMPERATURE RESPONSES RICHNESS TUNDRA PLANTS SOIL Environmental Sciences & Ecology Ecology |
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We investigated the independent and combined effects of experimental warming and grazing on plant species diversity on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, a region highly vulnerable to ongoing climate and land use changes. Experimental warming caused a 26-36% decrease in species richness, a response that was generally dampened by experimental grazing. Higher species losses occurred at the drier sites where N was less available. Moreover, we observed an indirect effect of climate change on species richness as mediated by plant-plant interactions. Heat stress and warming-induced litter accumulation are potential explanations for the species' responses to experimental warming. This is the first reported experimental evidence that climate warming could cause dramatic declines in plant species diversity in high elevation ecosystems over short time frames and supports model predictions of species losses with anthropogenic climate change. We investigated the independent and combined effects of experimental warming and grazing on plant species diversity on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau, a region highly vulnerable to ongoing climate and land use changes. Experimental warming caused a 26-36% decrease in species richness, a response that was generally dampened by experimental grazing. Higher species losses occurred at the drier sites where N was less available. Moreover, we observed an indirect effect of climate change on species richness as mediated by plant-plant interactions. Heat stress and warming-induced litter accumulation are potential explanations for the species' responses to experimental warming. This is the first reported experimental evidence that climate warming could cause dramatic declines in plant species diversity in high elevation ecosystems over short time frames and supports model predictions of species losses with anthropogenic climate change. |
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Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau |
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Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau |
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Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau |
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Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau |
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ECOLOGY LETTERS Klein Julia A, Harte John, Zhao Xinquan.Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss, dampened by simulated grazing, on the Tibetan Plateau.ECOLOGY LETTERS,2004,7(12):1170-1179 http://ir.nwipb.ac.cn/handle/363003/1385 |
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