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Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland
Extending knowledge on ecosystem stability to larger spatial scales is urgently needed because present local-scale studies are generally ineffective in guiding management and conservation decisions of an entire region with diverse plant communities. We investigated stability of plant productivity ac...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9545536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36206306 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74881 |
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author | Wang, Yonghui Wang, Shaopeng Zhao, Liqing Liang, Cunzhu Miao, Bailing Zhang, Qing Niu, Xiaxia Ma, Wenhong Schmid, Bernhard |
author_facet | Wang, Yonghui Wang, Shaopeng Zhao, Liqing Liang, Cunzhu Miao, Bailing Zhang, Qing Niu, Xiaxia Ma, Wenhong Schmid, Bernhard |
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description | Extending knowledge on ecosystem stability to larger spatial scales is urgently needed because present local-scale studies are generally ineffective in guiding management and conservation decisions of an entire region with diverse plant communities. We investigated stability of plant productivity across spatial scales and hierarchical levels of organization and analyzed impacts of dominant species, species diversity, and climatic factors using a multisite survey of Inner Mongolian grassland. We found that regional stability across distant local communities was related to stability and asynchrony of local communities. Using only dominant instead of all-species dynamics explained regional stability almost equally well. The diversity of all or only dominant species had comparatively weak effects on stability and synchrony, whereas a lower mean and higher variation of precipitation destabilized regional and local communities by reducing population stability and synchronizing species dynamics. We demonstrate that, for semi-arid temperate grassland with highly uneven species abundances, the stability of regional communities is increased by stability and asynchrony of local communities and these are more affected by climate rather than species diversity. Reduced amounts and increased variation of precipitation in the future may compromise the sustainable provision of ecosystem services to human well-being in this region. |
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spelling | pubmed-95455362022-10-08 Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland Wang, Yonghui Wang, Shaopeng Zhao, Liqing Liang, Cunzhu Miao, Bailing Zhang, Qing Niu, Xiaxia Ma, Wenhong Schmid, Bernhard eLife Ecology Extending knowledge on ecosystem stability to larger spatial scales is urgently needed because present local-scale studies are generally ineffective in guiding management and conservation decisions of an entire region with diverse plant communities. We investigated stability of plant productivity across spatial scales and hierarchical levels of organization and analyzed impacts of dominant species, species diversity, and climatic factors using a multisite survey of Inner Mongolian grassland. We found that regional stability across distant local communities was related to stability and asynchrony of local communities. Using only dominant instead of all-species dynamics explained regional stability almost equally well. The diversity of all or only dominant species had comparatively weak effects on stability and synchrony, whereas a lower mean and higher variation of precipitation destabilized regional and local communities by reducing population stability and synchronizing species dynamics. We demonstrate that, for semi-arid temperate grassland with highly uneven species abundances, the stability of regional communities is increased by stability and asynchrony of local communities and these are more affected by climate rather than species diversity. Reduced amounts and increased variation of precipitation in the future may compromise the sustainable provision of ecosystem services to human well-being in this region. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9545536/ /pubmed/36206306 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74881 Text en © 2022, Wang et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Ecology Wang, Yonghui Wang, Shaopeng Zhao, Liqing Liang, Cunzhu Miao, Bailing Zhang, Qing Niu, Xiaxia Ma, Wenhong Schmid, Bernhard Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland |
title | Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland |
title_full | Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland |
title_fullStr | Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland |
title_full_unstemmed | Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland |
title_short | Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland |
title_sort | stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of inner mongolian grassland |
topic | Ecology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9545536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36206306 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74881 |
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