Mid-latitude shrub steppe plant communities: climate change consequences for soil water resources

Ecology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (9) ◽  
pp. 2342-2354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle A. Palmquist ◽  
Daniel R. Schlaepfer ◽  
John B. Bradford ◽  
William K. Lauenroth
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Shrub Steppe ◽  
Steppe Plant ◽  
Soil Water Resources ◽  
Steppe Plant Communities

scholarly journals Soil water availability shapes species richness in mid‐latitude shrub steppe plant communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 646-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel E. Jordan ◽  
Kyle A. Palmquist ◽  
John B. Bradford ◽  
William K. Lauenroth
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Soil Water Availability ◽  
Shrub Steppe ◽  
Steppe Plant ◽  
Steppe Plant Communities

Steppe plant communities on the chestnut soils of Western Transbaikalia: Biological diversity and productivity

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Merkusheva ◽  
O. A. Anenkhonov ◽  
N. K. Badmaeva ◽  
S. B. Sosorova
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Western Transbaikalia ◽  
Chestnut Soils ◽  
Steppe Plant ◽  
Steppe Plant Communities

The role of a spiny plant refuge in structuring grazed shortgrass steppe plant communities

Oikos ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rebollo ◽  
D. G. Milchunas ◽  
I. Noy-Meir ◽  
P. L. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Shortgrass Steppe ◽  
Steppe Plant ◽  
Steppe Plant Communities

scholarly journals Erratum to: Exploitation of patchy soil water resources by the clonal vine Ficus tikoua in karst habitats of southwestern China

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-103
Author(s):  
Chang-Cheng Liu ◽  
Yu-Guo Liu ◽  
Ke Guo ◽  
Da-Yong Fan ◽  
Li-Fei Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Soil Water Resources ◽  
Karst Habitats

Plant communities on solonetz and salinized soils of the Southern Ural

2003 ◽  
pp. 29-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. Karpov ◽  
T. M. Lysenko ◽  
V. B. Golub
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
The South ◽  
Orenburg Region ◽  
Northern Kazakhstan ◽  
Steppe Plant ◽  
Steppe Plant Communities

A new set of data depicting plant communities on solonetz and salinized soils of the Southern Ural is given according to the Braun-Blanquet approach. The new alliance Poo bulbosae—Artemision pauciflorae which comprises associations on automorphic chestnut and chernozem solonetz soils, namely Poo bulbosae—Arte­misietum pauciflorae ass. nov., Puccinellio tenuissi­mae—Li­mo­nietum suffruticosi ass. nov., Leymo ramo­si—Arte­mi­sietum austriacae ass. nov., Festuco becke­ri—Ar­te­misie­tum lerchianae ass. nov., and Festuco valesiacae—Artemisietum austriacae ass. nov., is estab­lished. The alliance communities are spread in the south-easternmost part of the Bashkortostan Republic and the Orenburg region, as well as in the adjacent areas of the Northern Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk and Kustanai regions). Viewed in the syntaxonomic space, this unit occupies the place between the classes Festuco-Puccinellietea Soó 1968 and Artemisietea lerchianae Golub 1994. Low standards of current syntaxonomic knowledge of steppe and desert plant communities of Russia and neighbouring countries make it difficult to determine of the alliance position in the system of higher syntaxa precisely. Some lower syntaxa of the all. Festuco-Limonion gmelinii Mirkin ex Golub et V. Solomakha 1988, uniting steppe plant communities on semiautomorphic solonetz soils of the Southern Ural, namely Puccinellietum tenuissimae artemisietosum lerchianae subass. nov., Stemmacantho serratuloidis—Puccinellietum dolicholepidis ass. nov., and Festuco pratensis—Artemisietum lerchianae ass. nov., are also described in the paper.

Climate change impact on water resources of the Desna river basin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy Osypov ◽  
Natalia Osadcha ◽  
Volodimir Osadchyi ◽  
Oleh Speka
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Far Future

<p>A river basin management plan has to consider climate change impact because global warming influences the water cycle explicitly. For Ukraine, only continental-scale studies or(and) global hydrological models reflect the climate change impact on water resources. Such resolution is insufficient to develop confident adaptation strategies.</p><p>This study aims to assess changes in the river runoff, water flow formation, and soil water of the Desna river basin under future climate. The Desna supply Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, with fresh water. Moreover, soil water capacity across the basin is critical for crop production, the leading sector of the region.</p><p>The framework consists of the process-based ecohydrological SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model and eight high-resolution (~12 km) regional climate models from the EURO-CORDEX project forced by RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios till the end of the XXI century. The SWAT model was successfully calibrated on water discharge from 12 gauges across the basin, then it was driven by each climate model to achieve a range of possible future scenarios. This approach better represents the hydrological processes and achieves more confident results than in previous studies.</p><p>Seven of eight models project warmer and wetter climate in the near future (2021-2050), and all models project the same in the far future (2071-2100). According to the ensemble mean, the air temperature will increase by 1.1°C under RCP4.5 and 1.2°C under RCP8.5 in the near future, and by 2.2°C under RCP4.5 and 4.2°C under RCP8.5 in the far future. Precipitation surplus will reach 5% (range from -6% to 16%) under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 in the near future, and 8% (from 2% to 17%) under RCP4.5 and 14% (from 3% to 23%) under RCP8.5 in the far future. The discharge will likely increase (mean signal 6-8% in the near future and 10-14% in the far future) mostly due to higher groundwater inflow.</p><p>Intra-annual changes could be very unfavorable for plant growth because of lower soil water content and higher temperature stress during the vegetation period. The models agree about precipitation surplus during the cold period but, in summer, all directions of change are almost equally possible.</p><p>We consider that, among other vulnerabilities of the Desna basin, the water stress for crops will be the main issue because of the high dependence of the economy on crop production. Attention should also be paid to forest fires, eutrophication, and the concentration of organic substances in the stream</p>

Exploitation of patchy soil water resources by the clonal vine Ficus tikoua in karst habitats of southwestern China

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Cheng Liu ◽  
Yu-Guo Liu ◽  
Ke Guo ◽  
Da-Yong Fan ◽  
Li-Fei Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Soil Water Resources ◽  
Karst Habitats

Soil morphology and organic matter dynamics under cheatgrass and sagebrush-steppe plant communities

2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay B Norton ◽  
Thomas A Monaco ◽  
Jeanette M Norton ◽  
Douglas A Johnson ◽  
Thomas A Jones
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Sagebrush Steppe ◽  
Soil Morphology ◽  
Organic Matter Dynamics ◽  
Steppe Plant ◽  
Steppe Plant Communities
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