Effects of precipitation changes on the aboveground biomass carbon (a), aboveground biomass nitrogen (c) and stable carbon isotope (e) of Stipa breviflora.

Yuan-Yuan Cui et al. explored the response of Stipa breviflora’s succession strategy to changes in precipitation within the community.

#ClimateChange | #KeystoneSpecies | #SpeciesSuccession | #LeafFunctionalTraits | #DesertSteppe

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Effects of precipitation changes on the net photosynthetic rate (a), transpiration rate (c), stomatal conductance (e) and intercellular CO2 concentration (g) of Stipa breviflora.

Effects of precipitation changes on the aboveground biomass carbon (a), aboveground biomass nitrogen (c) and stable carbon isotope (e) of Stipa breviflora.

🌧️ #Precipitation ➡️ #StipaBreviflora 🟰 Effects❓
Place: #DesertSteppe
Results:
Precipitation⬆️, net photosynthetic rate & transpiration rate & stomatal conductance & aboveground biomass carbon content & aboveground biomass nitrogen ⬆️, stable carbon isotope values ⬇️.
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Changes of importance value of Stipa breviflora under different precipitation gradients

#StipaBreviflora, as a keystone species, plays a crucial role in maintaining the stability of the desert steppe. Yuan-Yuan Cui et al. found that Increased #Precipitation weakens the role of S. breviflora as the keystone species in a #DesertSteppe in #InnerMongolia, China.
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