Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China
BackgroundConsiderable attention has been given to how different aspects of biodiversity sustain ecosystem functions. Herbs are a critical component of the plant community of dryland ecosystems, but the importance of different life form groups of herbs is often overlooked in experiments on biodivers...
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| author | Hao Guo Hao Guo Xiao-bing Zhou Xiao-bing Zhou Ye Tao Ye Tao Jin-fei Yin Jin-fei Yin Lan Zhang Lan Zhang Xing Guo Xing Guo Chao-hong Liu Yuan-ming Zhang Yuan-ming Zhang |
| author_facet | Hao Guo Hao Guo Xiao-bing Zhou Xiao-bing Zhou Ye Tao Ye Tao Jin-fei Yin Jin-fei Yin Lan Zhang Lan Zhang Xing Guo Xing Guo Chao-hong Liu Yuan-ming Zhang Yuan-ming Zhang |
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| description | BackgroundConsiderable attention has been given to how different aspects of biodiversity sustain ecosystem functions. Herbs are a critical component of the plant community of dryland ecosystems, but the importance of different life form groups of herbs is often overlooked in experiments on biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality. Hence, little is known about how the multiple attributes of diversity of different life form groups of herbs affect changes to the multifunctionality of ecosystems.MethodsWe investigated geographic patterns of herb diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality along a precipitation gradient of 2100 km in Northwest China, and assessed the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional attributes of different life form groups of herbs on the multifunctionality.ResultsWe found that subordinate (richness effect) species of annual herbs and dominant (mass ratio effect) species of perennial herbs were crucial for driving multifunctionality. Most importantly, the multiple attributes (taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional) of herb diversity enhanced the multifunctionality. The functional diversity of herbs provided greater explanatory power than did taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. In addition, the multiple attribute diversity of perennial herbs contributed more than annual herbs to multifunctionality.ConclusionsOur findings provide insights into previously neglected mechanisms by which the diversity of different life form groups of herbs affect ecosystem multifunctionality. These results provide a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and multifunctionality, and will ultimately contribute to multifunctional conservation and restoration programs in dryland ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7017bb11ee8d48589f47d14c42e323082023-02-20T11:53:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2023-02-011410.3389/fpls.2023.10991101099110Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western ChinaHao Guo0Hao Guo1Xiao-bing Zhou2Xiao-bing Zhou3Ye Tao4Ye Tao5Jin-fei Yin6Jin-fei Yin7Lan Zhang8Lan Zhang9Xing Guo10Xing Guo11Chao-hong Liu12Yuan-ming Zhang13Yuan-ming Zhang14State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaBackgroundConsiderable attention has been given to how different aspects of biodiversity sustain ecosystem functions. Herbs are a critical component of the plant community of dryland ecosystems, but the importance of different life form groups of herbs is often overlooked in experiments on biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality. Hence, little is known about how the multiple attributes of diversity of different life form groups of herbs affect changes to the multifunctionality of ecosystems.MethodsWe investigated geographic patterns of herb diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality along a precipitation gradient of 2100 km in Northwest China, and assessed the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional attributes of different life form groups of herbs on the multifunctionality.ResultsWe found that subordinate (richness effect) species of annual herbs and dominant (mass ratio effect) species of perennial herbs were crucial for driving multifunctionality. Most importantly, the multiple attributes (taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional) of herb diversity enhanced the multifunctionality. The functional diversity of herbs provided greater explanatory power than did taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. In addition, the multiple attribute diversity of perennial herbs contributed more than annual herbs to multifunctionality.ConclusionsOur findings provide insights into previously neglected mechanisms by which the diversity of different life form groups of herbs affect ecosystem multifunctionality. These results provide a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and multifunctionality, and will ultimately contribute to multifunctional conservation and restoration programs in dryland ecosystems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1099110/fullbiodiversityecosystem multifunctionalityherbsmass ratio effectrichness effect |
| spellingShingle | Hao Guo Hao Guo Xiao-bing Zhou Xiao-bing Zhou Ye Tao Ye Tao Jin-fei Yin Jin-fei Yin Lan Zhang Lan Zhang Xing Guo Xing Guo Chao-hong Liu Yuan-ming Zhang Yuan-ming Zhang Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China Frontiers in Plant Science biodiversity ecosystem multifunctionality herbs mass ratio effect richness effect |
| title | Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China |
| title_full | Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China |
| title_fullStr | Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China |
| title_short | Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China |
| title_sort | perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of north western china |
| topic | biodiversity ecosystem multifunctionality herbs mass ratio effect richness effect |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1099110/full |
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