Precipitation Alters the Effects of Temperature on the Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Alpine Meadows.

ABSTRACT: Precipitation and temperature are major controls on multiple ecosystem functions in alpine grasslands. There is scant evidence for the interactive effects of temperature and precipitation changes on the ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) in alpine meadows. To explore the interactive effects of temperature and precipitation changes on the EMF in alpine meadows, we transplanted meadow blocks reciprocally among three altitudes (4,650, 4,950, and 5,200 m) on the central Tibetan Plateau. Compared with the home sites (control), the EMF has a trend to increase when meadow blocks were downward transplanted (experimental warming) to the high-precipitation sites but decrease as meadow blocks were downward transplanted to the low-precipitation sites. However, the experimental cooling (upward transpla

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8864076 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature