Stability and asynchrony of local communities but less so diversity increase regional stability of Inner Mongolian grassland.

ABSTRACT: Extending knowledge on ecosystem stability to larger spatial scales is urgently needed because present local-scale studies are generally ineffective in guiding management and conservation decisions of an entire region with diverse plant communities. We investigated stability of plant productivity across spatial scales and hierarchical levels of organization and analyzed impacts of dominant species, species diversity, and climatic factors using a multisite survey of Inner Mongolian grassland. We found that regional stability across distant local communities was related to stability and asynchrony of local communities. Using only dominant instead of all-species dynamics explained regional stability almost equally well. The diversity of all or only dominant species had comparatively weak effe

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545536 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature