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- Title
Relationship between Species Diversity and Community Stability in Degraded Alpine Meadows during Bare Patch Succession.
- Authors
She, Yandi; Li, Xilai; Li, Chengyi; Yang, Pengnian; Song, Zihan; Zhang, Jing
- Abstract
Plant diversity plays an important role in maintaining the stability of ecosystem functioning. Based on field surveys and indoor analyses, this study investigated the relationship between species diversity and community stability at different stages of bare patch succession in degraded alpine meadow ecosystems. Results show that: (1) Using the ICV (the Inverse of the Coefficient of Variation) method to analyze changes in plant community stability, community stability was generally ranked as follows: Long-term recovered patches > Healthy alpine meadow > Degraded alpine meadow > Short-term recovered patch > Bare Patches. (2) Using factor analysis to construct an evaluation system, the stability ranking based on species diversity was as follows: Healthy alpine meadow > Long-term recovered patches > Degraded alpine meadow > Short-term recovered patches > Bare Patches. (3) The community stability index was significantly positively correlated with vegetation coverage, height, biomass, species richness, Shannon–Wiener diversity index, species evenness, and Simpson's diversity index (p < 0.05). Therefore, a positive correlation exists between plant diversity and community stability, such that plant communities with a higher species diversity tend to be more stable. To maintain the plant diversity and community stability of alpine meadow ecosystems, it is necessary to consider the characteristics of grassland plant composition and community structure, as well as their influencing factors, and promote the positive succession process of grasslands.
- Subjects
MOUNTAIN meadows; MOUNTAIN ecology; PLANT diversity; SPECIES diversity; PLANT communities; CHEMICAL composition of plants; BIOMASS
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 20, p3582
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants12203582