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DOI | 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108387 |
Divergent responses of moss- and lichen-dominated biocrusts to warming and increased drought in arid desert regions | |
Li, Xinrong; Hui, Rong; Zhang, Peng; Song, Naiping | |
通讯作者 | Li, XR (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resource Res, Shapotou Desert Res & Expt Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China. ; Li, XR (通讯作者),Ningxia Univ, Breeding Base Key Lab Land Degradat & Ecol Restor, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, Peoples R China. |
发表日期 | 2021 |
ISSN | 0168-1923 |
EISSN | 1873-2240 |
卷号 | 303 |
英文摘要 | Global warming coupled with increased drought is predicted to have a significant negative impact on desert ecosystems. In arid desert regions, a large proportion of the ground surface is covered by specialized organisms such as mosses and lichens that form biocrusts, which play a vital role in ecosystems. However, the long-term effects of warming and drought on these key biotic components of desert ecosystems remain poorly understood. Using a manipulative experiment conducted for 12 years in the Tengger Desert, northwestern China, we evaluated how both mosses and lichens in biocrust communities responded to 0.5 degrees C and 1.5 degrees C increases in temperature coupled with 5% and 8% reductions in total annual precipitation, respectively, using two groups of open-top chambers to approximate climate change conditions that are predicted to occur in this study region. Furthermore, surface soil carbon uptake by the biocrusts was also evaluated. Twelve years of warming coupled with increased drought resulted in a significant decrease in the cover and biomass of mosses but did not change the cover or biomass of lichens. These changes in the mosses were positively correlated with the duration and intensity of the treatments. Warming coupled with reduced precipitation significantly reduced the carbon uptake of the moss-dominated biocrusts by reducing the availability of moisture content. However, lichen carbon uptake was insensitive to the warming and reduced precipitation treatments. The reduction in cover and biomass of moss-dominated biocrusts might be attributed to large amounts of carbon loss, which further alters biocrust multifunctionality in desert ecosystems. In addition, our findings suggest that coupled warming and drought conditions could increase the dominance of lichens in biocrust communities to partly maintain the multifunctionality of biocrusts in this desert ecosystem. |
关键词 | BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTSCLIMATE-CHANGENITROGEN-FIXATIONTENGGER DESERTSAND DUNESCARBONPRECIPITATIONCOMMUNITIESPHOTOSYNTHESISRESPIRATION |
英文关键词 | Climate change; Biocrust; Net photosynthesis; Carbon fixation; Desert ecosystem |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Agriculture ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS类目 | Agronomy ; Forestry ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000639140200019 |
来源期刊 | AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY |
来源机构 | 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/253799 |
作者单位 | [Li, Xinrong; Hui, Rong; Zhang, Peng] Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resource Res, Shapotou Desert Res & Expt Stn, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China; [Li, Xinrong; Song, Naiping] Ningxia Univ, Breeding Base Key Lab Land Degradat & Ecol Restor, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Li, Xinrong,Hui, Rong,Zhang, Peng,et al. Divergent responses of moss- and lichen-dominated biocrusts to warming and increased drought in arid desert regions[J]. 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院,2021,303. |
APA | Li, Xinrong,Hui, Rong,Zhang, Peng,&Song, Naiping.(2021).Divergent responses of moss- and lichen-dominated biocrusts to warming and increased drought in arid desert regions.AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY,303. |
MLA | Li, Xinrong,et al."Divergent responses of moss- and lichen-dominated biocrusts to warming and increased drought in arid desert regions".AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY 303(2021). |
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