Changes in plant biodiversity facets of rocky outcrops and their surrounding rangelands across precipitation and soil gradients.

ABSTRACT: Climate and soil factors induce substantial controls over plant biodiversity in stressful ecosystems. Despite of some studies on plant biodiversity in extreme ecosystems including rocky outcrops, simultaneous effects of climate and soil factors have rarely been studied on different facets of biodiversity including taxonomic and functional diversity in these ecosystems. In addition, we know little about plant biodiversity variations in such extreme ecosystems compared to natural environments. It seems that environmental factors acting in different spatial scales specifically influence some facets of plant biodiversity. Therefore, we studied changes in taxonomic and functional diversity along precipitation and soil gradients in both landscapes (i) rocky outcrops and (ii) their nearby rangela

SUBMITTER: Rafiee F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9151709 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature