2021
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13935
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Plant litter influences the temporal stability of plant community biomass in an alpine meadow by altering the stability and asynchrony of plant functional groups

Abstract: 1. The stability of a plant community is defined as its ability to resist and be resilient to changes. Plant community stability can be driven by a range of external perturbations as well as by plant community traits. Plant litter traits (species or mass) are widely recognized drivers for plant community composition and diversity changes in grasslands. Yet, the effects of litter traits on the temporal stability of plant communities in natural grasslands are largely unknown.2. In this study, a field experiment … Show more

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“…Litter mass rather than litter species determined ecosystem multifunctionality under litter manipulation ( Figure 1 ). These findings show that, in alpine grasslands, plant litter has a significant effect on most above-ground individual functions ( Figure 2 ; Ma et al, 2021 ) and may be the primary driver of ecosystem multifunctionality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…Litter mass rather than litter species determined ecosystem multifunctionality under litter manipulation ( Figure 1 ). These findings show that, in alpine grasslands, plant litter has a significant effect on most above-ground individual functions ( Figure 2 ; Ma et al, 2021 ) and may be the primary driver of ecosystem multifunctionality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…Understanding ecosystem stability has emerged as an important issue in ecology (Brown et al, 2016; Ma et al, 2021), as stable ecosystems are crucial for providing sustainable services and functions to humanity (Isbell et al, 2015; Ma et al, 2017). Mounting evidence demonstrates that increasing anthropogenic reactive nitrogen (N), due to accelerating industrialization and utilization of synthetic N fertilizer (Galloway et al, 2008), is a serious threat to ecosystem stability (Ma, Zhang, et al, 2020; Zhang et al, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…), being the largest plateau in the world and known as the Earth's ‘Third Pole’, has been experiencing an obvious increase in N deposition from 0.87 to 1.38 g N m −2 year −1 in 13 years (Chen et al, 2020; Lü & Tian, 2007). The unique geographical location and climatic characteristics of the QTP have greatly aroused interests in the ANPP stability (Ma et al, 2021; Quan et al, 2021), while we are still lacking corresponding knowledge of BNPP stability in response to N enrichment. The specific questions that this study aimed to address are: (1) How does BNPP stability respond to different N addition rates?…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, a reduction in plant diversity in response to climate change may result in a reduction in stability (Campbell et al, 2011 ; Hautier et al, 2014 ; Zhang et al, 2018 ). Second, community stability may be driven primarily by the stability of dominant species and/or functional groups, especially when dominant species and/or functional groups account for a considerable proportion of community biomass (Hillebrand et al, 2008 ; Huang et al, 2020 ; Ma et al, 2022 ). Third, asynchronous dynamics among species may contribute largely to stabilizing community properties against environmental changes (Loreau & de Mazancourt, 2013 ; Valencia et al, 2020 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%