Drivers of desert plant beta diversity on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau.

ABSTRACT: The desert ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is an important component of China's desert ecosystem. Studying the mechanisms shaping the taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional beta diversity of plant communities in the QTP desert will help us to promote scientific conservation and management of the region's biodiversity. This study investigated the effects of environmental (including altitude, climate factors, and soil factors) and geographic distances on three facets of beta diversity as well as their turnover and nestedness components based on field survey data. The results showed that turnover components dominate the three facets of beta diversity. However, the turnover contributions to phylogenetic and functional beta diversity were lower than for taxonomic beta diversity. E

SUBMITTER: Wen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877311 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature