Response of grassland ecosystem function to plant functional traits under different vegetation restoration models in areas of karst desertification.

ABSTRACT: Plant functional traits serve as a bridge between plants, the environment, and ecosystem function, playing an important role in predicting the changes in ecosystem function that occur during ecological restoration. However, the response of grassland ecosystem function to plant functional traits in the context of ecological restoration in areas of karst desertification remains unclear. Therefore, in this study, we selected five plant functional traits [namely, plant height (H), specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), root length (RL), and root dry matter content (RDMC)], measured these along with community-weighted mean (CWM) and functional trait diversity, and combined these measures with 10 indexes related to ecosystem function in order to investigate the differences in

SUBMITTER: Song S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749941 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature