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Effects of overgrazing on the functional diversity of rodents in desert areas.
Ecol Evol
February 2024
Key Laboratory of Grassland Rodent Ecology and Pest Controlled, Inner Mongolia Hohhot China.
Article Synopsis
- Environmental stressors like grazing affect ecosystem community structures, particularly impacting sensitive species like rodents.
- A study of desert rodent communities in Alxa from 2018-2020 found that grazing patterns significantly influenced functional traits such as hibernation, reproduction, and diet.
- Overgrazing reduced the ecological space utilization and diversity of rodent communities in spring and summer, while in autumn it shifted the measures of functional richness and evenness, indicating complex responses to grazing pressures.
Factors driving the biomass and species richness of desert plants in northern Xinjiang China.
PLoS One
July 2022
College of Grassland Science XinJiang Agricultural University, Urumchi, The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
The desert ecosystem is an important part of the terrestrial ecosystem. Accurate estimations of the biomass and species richness of desert plants are of great value for maintaining ecosystem stability; however, current assessments remain a challenge due to the large spatial heterogeneity in biomass and species richness and difficulties posed by time-consuming field surveys, particularly in remote areas. In the present study, There were 527 sampling sites, and each sampling site contained approximately 9 quadrats.
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