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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInner Mongolia Agricultural Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13742en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1061-2971en_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalRestoration Ecologyen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatECOSYSTEM SERVICESen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen_US
cg.volume31en_US
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Tianqien_US
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Fengen_US
dc.contributor.authorSuo, Rongzhenen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhen, Jiahuaen_US
dc.contributor.authorQiao, Jirongen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Menglien_US
dc.contributor.authorBai, Keyuen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Binen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-15T09:56:18Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-06-15T09:56:18Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/119849en_US
dc.titleThe importance of functional diversity in regulating forage biomass and nutrition: evidence from mowing in semi-arid grasslandsen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2022-07en_US
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_US
dcterms.issued2023-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherWileyen_US
dcterms.subjectbiomass productionen_US
dcterms.subjectmowingen_US
dcterms.subjectplant nutritionen_US
dcterms.subjectdiversificationen_US
dcterms.subjectsemiarid zonesen_US
dcterms.subjectproducción de biomasaen_US
dcterms.subjectsiegaen_US
dcterms.subjectnutrición de las plantasen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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