Distribution variations of dominant plant species in degraded shrub tundra on the western slope of the Changbai Mountains

Yinghua, 靳英华 Jin; Xu, Jiawei; Shaoxian, 王绍先 Wang; Ailin, 王嫒林 Wang; Zhang, Ying Jie; Hui, 金慧 Jin; Ying, 赵莹 Zhao; Lijie, 刘丽杰 Liu; Hang, 尹航 Yin; He, Hong S.

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“…The associated tundra vegetation has changed significantly since 1990 (Xu and Zhang, 2010). Low-altitude herbaceous plants have invaded the tundra, resulting in degradation of the original vegetation and replacement by herbaceous plants (Jin et al, 2016). To date, studies of changes in the tundra vegetation of the Changbai Mountains have focused on the herbaceous plant expansion of southwest slope (Zong et al, 2013;2014;Jin et al, 2016).…”

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“…Low-altitude herbaceous plants have invaded the tundra, resulting in degradation of the original vegetation and replacement by herbaceous plants (Jin et al, 2016). To date, studies of changes in the tundra vegetation of the Changbai Mountains have focused on the herbaceous plant expansion of southwest slope (Zong et al, 2013;2014;Jin et al, 2016). Jin et al (2016 and 2017) sug-gested that herbaceous species have encroached on the alpine tundra zone of southwest slope and become the co-dominant plant species, with shrubs becoming fragmented and patchy and the tundra seeming to be transforming into alpine meadows.…”

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Comparative Assessment of Tundra Vegetation Changes Between North and Southwest Slopes of Changbai Mountains, China, in Response to Global Warming

Jin,

Zhang,

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Chin. Geogr. Sci.

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Vegetation in high altitude areas normally exhibits the strongest response to global warming. We investigated the tundra vegetation on the Changbai Mountains and revealed the similarities and differences between the north and the southwest slopes of the Changbai Mountains in response to global warming. Our results were as follows: 1) The average temperatures in the growing season have increased from 1981 to 2015, the climate tendency rate was 0.38 /10 ℃ yr, and there was no obvious change in precipitation observed. 2) The tundra vegetation of the Changbai Mountains has changed significantly over the last 30 years. Specifically, herbaceous plants have invaded into the tundra zone, and the proportion of herbaceous plants was larger than that of shrubs. Shrub tundra was transforming into shrub-grass tundra. 3) The tundra vegetation in the north and southwest slopes of the Changbai Mountains responded differently to global warming. The southwest slope showed a significantly higher degree of invasion from herbaceous plants and exhibited greater vegetation change than the north slope. 4) The species diversity of plant communities on the tundra zone of the north slope changed unimodally with altitude, while that on the tundra zone of the southwest slope decreased monotonously with altitude. Differences in the degree of invasion from herbaceous plants resulted in differences in species diversity patterns between the north and southwest slopes. Differences in local microclimate, plant community successional stage and soil fertility resulted in differential responses of tundra vegetation to global warming.

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Comparative Assessment of Tundra Vegetation Changes Between North and Southwest Slopes of Changbai Mountains, China, in Response to Global Warming

Jin,

Zhang,

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Chin. Geogr. Sci.

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“…Interactions between above-and below-ground biological communities are potential drivers of community and ecosystem dynamics (Wardle et al, 2004). To date, studies of changes in the tundra vegetation of the Changbai Mountains have focused on the herbaceous plant expansion pattern (Zong et al, 2013b(Zong et al, , 2016Jin et al, 2016b). Expansion of the herbaceous plant Calamagrostis angustifolia into tundra areas is thought to be related to climate change and vegetation succession (Xu and Zhang, 2010).…”

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Soil Microbial Community and Enzyme Activity Responses to Herbaceous Plant Expansion in the Changbai Mountains Tundra, China

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Zhang

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As one of the most sensitive regions to global climate change, alpine tundra in many places around the world has been undergoing dramatic changes in vegetation communities over the past few decades. Herbaceous plant species in the Changbai Mountains area have significantly expanded into tundra shrub communities over the past 30 yr. Soil microbial communities, enzyme activities, and soil nutrients are intertwined with this expansion process. In order to understand the responses of the soil microbial communities to such an expansion, we analyzed soil microbial community structures and enzyme activities in shrub tundra as well as areas with three different levels of herbaceous plant expansion. Our investigation was based on phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis and 96-well microtiter plates. The results showed that herbs have expanded greatly in the tundra, and they have become the dominant species in herbaceous plant expansion areas. There were differences for community composition and appearance among the shrub tundra and the mild expansion, moderate expansion, and severe expansion areas. Except for soil organic matter, soil nutrients were increased in herbaceous plant expansion areas, and the total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), available nitrogen (AN), and available phosphorus (AP) were greatest in moderate expansion areas (MOE), while soil organic matter levels were highest in the non-expanded areas (CK). The total soil PLFAs in the three levels of herbaceous plant expansion areas were significantly higher than those in the non-expanded areas, and total soil PLFAs were highest in the moderately expanded area and lowest in the severely expanded area (SEE). Bacteria increased significantly more than fungi and actinomycetes with herbaceous plant expansion. Soil hydrolase activities (β-1,4-glucosidase (βG) activity, β-1, 4-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) activity, and acid phosphatase (aP) activity) were highest in MOE and lowest in the CK treatment. Soil oxidase activities (polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activities and peroxidase (PER) activities) were also highest in MOE, but they were lowest in the SEE treatment. The variations in total soil PLFAs with herbaceous plant expansion were mostly correlated with soil organic matter and available phosphorus concentrations, while soil enzyme activities were mostly correlated with the total soil nitrogen concentration. Our results suggest that herbaceous plant expansion increase the total soil PLFAs and soil enzyme activities and improved soil nutrients. However, soil microorganisms, enzyme activity, and nutrients responded differently to levels of herbaceous plant expansion. The soil conditions in mild and moderate expansion areas are more favorable than those in severe expansion areas.

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Distribution variations of dominant plant species in degraded shrub tundra on the western slope of the Changbai Mountains

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Comparative Assessment of Tundra Vegetation Changes Between North and Southwest Slopes of Changbai Mountains, China, in Response to Global Warming

Comparative Assessment of Tundra Vegetation Changes Between North and Southwest Slopes of Changbai Mountains, China, in Response to Global Warming

Soil Microbial Community and Enzyme Activity Responses to Herbaceous Plant Expansion in the Changbai Mountains Tundra, China

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