Functional Groups Dominate Aboveground Net Primary Production under Long-Term Nutrient Additions in a Tibetan Alpine Meadow

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 344
• Main Authors: Chen, Xueying, Hou, Ge, Shi, Peili, Zong, Ning, Yu, Jialuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 23.01.2024
• Subjects: Alpine ecosystems; alpine grasslands; alpine meadows; ANPP; Anthropogenic factors; Biodiversity; China; Ecological effects; Ecological research; Environmental aspects; field experimentation; Forbs; functional diversity; Functional groups; global change; Grasses; Grasslands; Investigations; Legumes; Meadows; Net Primary Productivity; Nitrogen; Northern Tibetan alpine meadow; nutrient additions; Nutrient release; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Primary production; Primary productivity (Biology); Productivity; Species diversity; Species richness; Structure-function relationships; Terrestrial ecosystems; China; Tibetan Plateau; functional diversity; functional groups; species diversity; ANPP; Northern Tibetan alpine meadow; nutrient additions

Anthropogenic nutrient additions are influencing the structure and function of alpine grassland ecosystems. However, the underlying mechanisms of the direct and indirect effects of nutrient additions on aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) are not well understood. In this study, we conducted...