Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A Review
Climate change variation on a small scale may alter the underlying processes determining a pattern operating at large scale and vice versa. Plant response to climate change on individual plant levels on a fine scale tends to change population structure, community composition and ecosystem processes...
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| author | Prakash Bhattarai Zhoutao Zheng Kuber Prasad Bhatta Yagya Prasad Adhikari Yangjian Zhang |
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| description | Climate change variation on a small scale may alter the underlying processes determining a pattern operating at large scale and vice versa. Plant response to climate change on individual plant levels on a fine scale tends to change population structure, community composition and ecosystem processes and functioning. Therefore, we reviewed the literature on plant response and resilience to climate change in space and time at different scales on the Tibetan Plateau. We report that spatiotemporal variation in temperature and precipitation dynamics drives the vegetation and ecosystem function on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), following the water–energy dynamics hypothesis. Increasing temperature with respect to time increased the net primary productivity (NPP) on most parts of the Tibetan Plateau, but the productivity dynamics on some parts were constrained by 0.3 °C decade<sup>−1</sup> rising temperature. Moreover, we report that accelerating studies on plant community assemblage and their contribution to ecosystem functioning may help to identify the community response and resilience to climate extremes. Furthermore, records on species losses help to build the sustainable management plan for the entire Tibetan Plateau. We recommend that incorporating long-term temporal data with multiple factor analyses will be helpful to formulate the appropriate measures for a healthy ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cda04f078014c2e805f36eab347c64f2023-12-03T12:28:00ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472021-03-0110348010.3390/plants10030480Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A ReviewPrakash Bhattarai0Zhoutao Zheng1Kuber Prasad Bhatta2Yagya Prasad Adhikari3Yangjian Zhang4Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Biogeography, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, GermanyKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaClimate change variation on a small scale may alter the underlying processes determining a pattern operating at large scale and vice versa. Plant response to climate change on individual plant levels on a fine scale tends to change population structure, community composition and ecosystem processes and functioning. Therefore, we reviewed the literature on plant response and resilience to climate change in space and time at different scales on the Tibetan Plateau. We report that spatiotemporal variation in temperature and precipitation dynamics drives the vegetation and ecosystem function on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), following the water–energy dynamics hypothesis. Increasing temperature with respect to time increased the net primary productivity (NPP) on most parts of the Tibetan Plateau, but the productivity dynamics on some parts were constrained by 0.3 °C decade<sup>−1</sup> rising temperature. Moreover, we report that accelerating studies on plant community assemblage and their contribution to ecosystem functioning may help to identify the community response and resilience to climate extremes. Furthermore, records on species losses help to build the sustainable management plan for the entire Tibetan Plateau. We recommend that incorporating long-term temporal data with multiple factor analyses will be helpful to formulate the appropriate measures for a healthy ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/3/480climate changeplant responseecosystem functioningspecies richnessplant traitsprecipitation |
| spellingShingle | Prakash Bhattarai Zhoutao Zheng Kuber Prasad Bhatta Yagya Prasad Adhikari Yangjian Zhang Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A Review Plants climate change plant response ecosystem functioning species richness plant traits precipitation |
| title | Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A Review |
| title_full | Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A Review |
| title_short | Climate-Driven Plant Response and Resilience on the Tibetan Plateau in Space and Time: A Review |
| title_sort | climate driven plant response and resilience on the tibetan plateau in space and time a review |
| topic | climate change plant response ecosystem functioning species richness plant traits precipitation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/3/480 |
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