Characteristics of Grassland Plant Community Change with Elevation and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in the Burqin Forest Region of the Altai Mountains

被引:2
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作者
Zhang, Xi [1 ,2 ]
Ye, Mao [1 ,2 ]
Pan, Xiaoting [1 ,2 ]
He, Qingzhi [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Weilong [1 ,2 ]
Zeng, Guoyan [1 ,2 ]
Li, Miaomiao [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Xinjiang Normal Univ, Sch Geog & Tourism, Urumqi 830054, Peoples R China
[2] Xinjiang Lab Lake Environm & Resources Arid Zone, Urumqi 830054, Peoples R China
来源
DIVERSITY-BASEL | 2023年 / 15卷 / 10期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Burqin forest area; grassland plant communities; elevation; environmental; SPECIES-DIVERSITY; GRADIENTS; RICHNESS; ECOSYSTEM; PATTERNS; BIOMASS; TIBET;
D O I
10.3390/d15101098
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
The change grassland plant communities demonstrate with elevation has been one of the hot issues in ecological research, and there remain many unsolved problems. In order to further elucidate the rules of grassland plant community change with elevation, this study took the Burqin forest area as a research object, using field survey, redundancy analysis and grey correlation analysis to comprehensively assess the characteristics of change in grassland plant communities with elevation and the relationship of this evolution with environmental factors. The results showed that (1) the numbers of species, community biomass, community cover and community densities of grassland plant communities showed an "M" pattern with the increase in elevation. There were significant changes in the importance values and dominance of plants at different elevations; with increasing elevation, grassland plants became primarily dominated by cold-tolerant and well-adapted perennials. (2) The similarity coefficients of grassland plant communities at different elevations ranged from 0.06 to 0.62, i.e., from very dissimilar to moderately similar. (3) As the elevation increased, the Margalef species richness index, Shannon-Wiener diversity index, Simpson dominance index and Alatalo evenness index all showed an "M" pattern trend. (4) The degrees of correlation between temperature and precipitation and community biomass and species diversity were at a high level, and these were the most important environmental factors affecting the biomass and species diversity of grassland plant communities in the Burqin forest area. The results of this study can provide a theoretical basis for the rational utilization of grassland resources and for the sustainable development of grassland ecosystems in the Burqin forest area.
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