Compositional dynamics of plant functional groups and their effects on stability of community ANPP during 17 yr of mowing succession on Leymus chinensis steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1155-1162

  Bao, Ya Jing ^a,c   Li, Zheng Hai ^b,c   Zhong, Yan Kai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Annual net primary production (ANPP); Community; Functional groups dynamics; Leymus chinensis steppe; Mowing succession; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; WORLD;

LEYMUS CHINENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 17844386073     PISSN: 16726650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Bai Y-F, Li L-H, Huang J-H, Chen Z-Z. 2001. The influence of plant diversity and functional composition on ecosystem stability of four Stippa communities in the Inner Mongolia Plateau. Acta Bot Sin, 43: 280-287.
2. Bao Q-H, Zhong Y-K, Sun W, Zhang H-Y. 2000. The influence of mowing on the seed amount and composition in soil seed bank of typical steppe. Acta Sci Nat Univ Inner Mongolia (Nat Sci), 31: 93-97.(in Chinese with English abstract)
3. 4-dominant communities in mixed prairie. Can J Bot, 61: 741-751.
4. Chen Z-Z, Wang S-P. 2000. Typical Grassland Ecosystems in China. Beijing: Science Press. 49-66. (in Chinese)
5. Friedel M H, Bastin G N.1988. Range assessment and monitoring of arid lands: derivation of functional groups to simplify vegetation data. J Environ Manage, 27: 85-97.
6. Heal O W, Grime J P. 1991.Comparative analysis of ecosystems: past lessons and future directions. Cole J, Lovett G, Findlay S. Comparative Analysis of Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms and Theorirs. New York: Spinger-Verlag. 7-23.
7. Hobbie S E, Jensen D B, Chapin F S. 1993. Resource supply and disturbance as controls over present and future plant diversity. Schultze E D, Mooney H A. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 385-408.
8. Hobbs R J. 1996. Can we use plant functional types to describe and predict responses to environmental changes? Smith T M, Shugart H H, Woodward F I. Plant Functional Types. Cambridge University Press. 67-90.
9. Jiang S. 1988. Setting up of the Grassland Research Sites and their vegetation status. Inner Mongolia grassland ecosystem research station. Research on Grassland Ecosystem (No.3). Beijing: Science Press. 1-12. (in Chinese with English abstract)
10. Jiang S. 1990. Reports from the Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station of Academia Sinica. Beijing: Science Press.
11. Keddy P. 1992. A pragmatic approach to functional ecology. Func Ecol 6: 621-626.
12. Knapp A K. 1984. Post-burn differences in solar radiation, leaf temperature and water stress influencing production in a lowland tallgrass prairie. Am J Bot, 71: 220-227.
13. Lauenroth W K, Sala O E. 1992. Long-term forage production of North American shortgrass steppe. Ecol Appl, 3: 397-403.
14. Leishman M R, Westoby M. 1992. Classifying plants on the basis of associations of individualistic traits: evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands. J Ecol, 80: 17-24.
15. Nobel I R, Gitay H. 1996. Functional classifications for predicting the dynamics of landscapes. J Veg Sci, 7: 329-336.
16. Prentice I C, Cramer W, Harrison S P, Leemans R, Monserud R A, Solomon A M. 1992. A global biome model based on plant physiology and dominance, soil properties and climate. J Biogeogr, 19: 117-134.
17. Raunliaer C. 1934. The Life-forms of Plants and Statistical Plant Geography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
18. Schindler D W. 1990. Experimental perturbations of whole lakes as tests of hypotheses concerning ecosystem structure and function. Proceedings of the 1987 Crafoord Symposium. Oikos, 57: 25-41.
19. Shugart H H. 1996. Plant and ecosystem functional types. Smith T M, Shugart H H, Woodward F I, Plant Functional Types. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 20-43.
20. Xiao X-M, Wang Y-F, Chen Z-Z. 1996. Dynamics of primary productivity and soil organic matter of typical steppe in the Xilin river basin of Inner Mongolia and their response. Acta Bot Sin, 38: 45-52. (in Chinese with English Abstract)
21. Zhong Y-K, Bao Q-H, Sun W. 1991. A study on reasonable mowing system of natural mowing steppe in Baiyinxile Farm. Inner Mongolia. Acta Ecol Sin, 11: 242-249. (in Chinese with English abstract)
22. Zhong Y-K, Bao Q-H. 1999. The study of rational cutting system on the grassland of Xilin River Basin. Grassland China, (3): 28-41. (in Chinese with English abstract)