scholarly journals Adaptation of Dominant Species to Drought in the Inner Mongolia Grassland – Species Level and Functional Type Level Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongzhi Yan ◽  
Qingfu Liu ◽  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Yong Ding ◽  
Yuanheng Li
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Functional Type ◽  
Grassland Species ◽  
Inner Mongolia Grassland ◽  
Level Analysis

scholarly journals Single Grazing Is More Detrimental to Grasslands Than Mixed Grazing: Evidence From the Response of Functional Traits of Dominant Plants to Grazing Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Jinghui Zhang ◽  
Zhiyong Li ◽  
Huamin Liu ◽  
Lixin Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Traits ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Plant Functional Traits ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Sheep Grazing ◽  
Inner Mongolia Grassland ◽  
Grazing Systems

Plant functional traits reflect species ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental changes, however, how dominant species in the Inner Mongolia grassland adapt to different grazing systems by changing their functional traits has not been systematically investigated. In this study, we established four 7-year grazing treatments in the Inner Mongolia grassland: cattle grazing, sheep grazing, mixed sheep and cattle grazing, and no grazing. Fourteen functional traits of three dominant species (Stipa grandis, Leymus chinensis, and Cleistogenes squarrosa) were measured under the different grazing treatments. We found convergences of plant functional traits that indicate herbivory avoidance or tolerance. Plants reduced their vegetative height (VH) and stem: leaf ratio (SLR) to avoid grazing; increased their ability to acquire resources by increasing their specific leaf area (SLA), leaf nitrogen concentration (LNC), and leaf phosphorus concentration (LPC); and reduced their leaf dry matter content (LDMC) to tolerate grazing. Moreover, plants may adapt to grazing by increasing the intraspecific variability of their functional traits. Sheep-only grazing adversely affected L. chinensis growth and survival, while cattle-only grazing hindered S. grandis growth and increased the intraspecific variability of its plant functional traits. Our study emphasizes that intraspecific variability is an important indicator of the responses of plant functional traits to grazing. Since single grazing is more detrimental to the functional traits of dominant plants, we suggest that mixed cattle and sheep grazing may be a more environmentally friendly and sustainable practice for the Inner Mongolia grassland than single grazing.

scholarly journals Modeling phenological responses of Inner Mongolia grassland species to regional climate change

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 015002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuyue Li ◽  
Lin Xu ◽  
Xuebiao Pan ◽  
Lizhen Zhang ◽  
Chao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Regional Climate Change ◽  
Grassland Species ◽  
Inner Mongolia Grassland

scholarly journals Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic beta diversity in the Inner Mongolia grassland

2021 ◽  
pp. e01634
Author(s):  
Fengshi Li ◽  
Yongzhi Yan ◽  
Jianing Zhang ◽  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Jianming Niu
Keyword(s):  
Beta Diversity ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Inner Mongolia Grassland

Study of Influence of Road Construction on Grassland in Inner Mongolia

2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 1881-1885
Author(s):  
Chun Mei Zhang ◽  
Min Zhao ◽  
Xue Lv
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Inner Mongolia Grassland ◽  
Hierarchy Process

In this paper, the indexes that are used to assess the influence of road construction on Inner Mongolia grassland have been proposed based on the environment protection perspective. The Analytic hierarchy process was employed to evaluate the importance of different indexes regarding to influence. These indexes would be used to provide information for decision making about road construction in order to achieve the sustainable development of grassland.

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