Factors driving the biomass and species richness of desert plants in northern Xinjiang China

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 7; p. e0271575
• Main Authors: Fei, Cheng, Dong, Yi Qiang, An, Sha Zhou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 22.07.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomass; Carbon cycle; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Climate models; Climatic analysis; Coefficient of variation; Desert environments; Desert flora; Desert plants; Deserts; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem stability; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Geographical distribution; Grasslands; Growth; Heterogeneity; Hypotheses; Identification and classification; Multivariate statistical analysis; People and Places; Precipitation; Production processes; Redundancy; Sampling; Spatial distribution; Spatial heterogeneity; Species richness; Stability analysis; Terrestrial environments; Variation; Vegetation; China; Junggar Basin

The desert ecosystem is an important part of the terrestrial ecosystem. Accurate estimations of the biomass and species richness of desert plants are of great value for maintaining ecosystem stability; however, current assessments remain a challenge due to the large spatial heterogeneity in biomass...