Long-Term Effects of Natural Enclosure: Carbon Stocks, Sequestration Rates and Potential for Grassland Ecosystems in the Loess Plateau

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Deng ◽  
Sandra Sweeney ◽  
Zhouping Shangguan
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Grassland Ecosystems

scholarly journals Long-Term Enclosure Can Benefit Grassland Community Stability on the Loess Plateau of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Jing Liu ◽  
Xue Yang ◽  
Hossein Ghanizadeh ◽  
Qian Guo ◽  
Yongming Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Community Stability ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Ecological Stability ◽  
Grassland Community ◽  
Grassland Ecosystems

Fertilization and grazing are two common anthropogenic disturbances that can lead to unprecedented changes in biodiversity and ecological stability of grassland ecosystems. A few studies, however, have explored the effects of fertilization and grazing on community stability and the underlying mechanisms. We conducted a six-year field experiment to assess the influence of nitrogen (N) fertilization and grazing on the community stability in a long-term enclosure and grazing grassland ecosystems on the Loess Plateau. A structural equation modeling method was used to evaluate how fertilization and grazing altered community stability. Our results indicated that the community stability decreased in the enclosure and grazing grassland ecosystems with the addition of N. The community stability began to decline significantly at 4.68 and 9.36 N g m−2 year−1 for the grazing and enclosure grassland ecosystems, respectively. We also found that the addition of N reduced the community stability through decreasing species richness, but a long-term enclosure can alleviate its negative effect. Overall, species diversity can be a useful predictor of the stability of ecosystems confronted with disturbances. Also, our results showed that long-term enclosure was an effective grassland management practice to ensure community stability on the Loess Plateau of China.

Simulated long-term effects of different soil management regimes on the water balance in the Loess Plateau, China

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 311-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shulan Zhang ◽  
Elisabeth Simelton ◽  
Lars Lövdahl ◽  
Harald Grip ◽  
Deliang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Water Balance ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Management Regimes

Long-term vegetation restoration promotes the stability of the soil micro-food web in the Loess Plateau in North-west China

CATENA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 105293
Author(s):  
Yang Wu ◽  
WenJing Chen ◽  
Wulan Entemake ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
HongFei Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Vegetation Restoration ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
West China ◽  
North West ◽  
The Stability
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