The importance of functional diversity in regulating forage biomass and nutrition: evidence from mowing in semi-arid grasslands

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInner Mongolia Agricultural Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13742en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1061-2971en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalRestoration Ecologyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatECOSYSTEM SERVICESen
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen
cg.volume31en
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Tianqien
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Fengen
dc.contributor.authorSuo, Rongzhenen
dc.contributor.authorZhen, Jiahuaen
dc.contributor.authorQiao, Jirongen
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Menglien
dc.contributor.authorBai, Keyuen
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Binen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-15T09:56:18Zen
dc.date.available2022-06-15T09:56:18Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/119849
dc.titleThe importance of functional diversity in regulating forage biomass and nutrition: evidence from mowing in semi-arid grasslandsen
dcterms.abstractMowing removes plant photosynthetic organs, thus decreasing plant biomass and nutrients in the community. Responses of community functional diversity, biomass, and nutrient status to mowing play a crucial role in the restoration and sustainable use of degraded grasslands, but have not been well studied. Our study linked functional diversity with forage biomass and nutrition in a semiarid grassland. We found that annual mowing reduced community biomass, in particular significantly reduced the dominant plants biomass, which was maintained with biennial mowing. In addition, this study showed that functional diversity could be maintained at a high level under biennial mowing compared to unmowed, but significantly decreased under annual mowing. Structural equation modeling indicated that annual mowing reduced dominant plants biomass by reducing community functional diversity. Mowing decreased dominant plants nutrients by decreasing community functional diversity and soil nutrients, but had no significant effect on nutrients of community and nondominant plants. Furthermore, there was a strong positive correlation between community functional diversity with forage production and nutrition. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that biennial mowing increases community biomass, litter mass, and dominant plant nutrition by regulating functional diversity. Therefore, biennial mowing can provide better conservation of grassland ecosystems and is a suitable grassland management practice in semiarid grasslands.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-07
dcterms.bibliographicCitationZhao, T.; Zhang, F.; Suo, R.; Zhen, J.; Qiao, J.; Zhao, M.; Bai, K.; Zhang, B. (2022) The importance of functional diversity in regulating forage biomass and nutrition: evidence from mowing in semi-arid grasslands. Restoration Ecology, Online first paper (30 May 2022). ISSN: 1526-100Xen
dcterms.issued2023-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectbiomass productionen
dcterms.subjectmowingen
dcterms.subjectplant nutritionen
dcterms.subjectdiversificationen
dcterms.subjectsemiarid zonesen
dcterms.subjectproducción de biomasaen
dcterms.subjectsiegaen
dcterms.subjectnutrición de las plantasen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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