The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Through a large-scale research, we examined the heterogeneity of soil properties and plant diversity, as well as their relationships across alpine grassland types on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The soil pH and EC value increased with the constant deepening of the soil in all the three alpine grassland ty...
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Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies
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| author | Lin Tang Shikui Dong Shiliang Liu Xuexia Wang Yuanyuan Li Xukun Su Yong Zhang Xiaoyu Wu Haidi Zhao |
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| description | Through a large-scale research, we examined the heterogeneity of soil properties and plant diversity, as well as their relationships across alpine grassland types on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The soil pH and EC value increased with the constant deepening of the soil in all the three alpine grassland types which in order of absolute value in every soil layer were alpine desert steppe, alpine steppe and alpine meadow. Among the three grassland types, the alpine meadow possessed the highest SM but the lowest SBD. For plant diversity, alpine meadow was the highest, alpine desert steppe ranked the second and alpine steppe was the last. SM and SBD were the highest influential soil physical properties to species richness, but with opposite effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0534e487386245cb9c572377ac81dde92023-09-03T11:33:47ZengFederation of Eurasian Soil Science SocietiesEurasian Journal of Soil Science2147-42492015-04-01428893http://dx.doi.org/10.18393/ejss.31228The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet PlateauLin Tang0Shikui Dong1Shiliang Liu2Xuexia Wang3Yuanyuan Li4Xukun Su5Yong Zhang6Xiaoyu Wu7Haidi Zhao8School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaSchool of Environment, Beijing Normal University, ChinaThrough a large-scale research, we examined the heterogeneity of soil properties and plant diversity, as well as their relationships across alpine grassland types on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The soil pH and EC value increased with the constant deepening of the soil in all the three alpine grassland types which in order of absolute value in every soil layer were alpine desert steppe, alpine steppe and alpine meadow. Among the three grassland types, the alpine meadow possessed the highest SM but the lowest SBD. For plant diversity, alpine meadow was the highest, alpine desert steppe ranked the second and alpine steppe was the last. SM and SBD were the highest influential soil physical properties to species richness, but with opposite effects.http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/ejss/article/view/5000107285/5000100205Alpine grasslandplant diversitysoil physical property |
| spellingShingle | Lin Tang Shikui Dong Shiliang Liu Xuexia Wang Yuanyuan Li Xukun Su Yong Zhang Xiaoyu Wu Haidi Zhao The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Eurasian Journal of Soil Science Alpine grassland plant diversity soil physical property |
| title | The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau |
| title_full | The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau |
| title_short | The relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau |
| title_sort | relationship between soil physical properties and alpine plant diversity on qinghai tibet plateau |
| topic | Alpine grassland plant diversity soil physical property |
| url | http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/ejss/article/view/5000107285/5000100205 |
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