高寒草甸不同功能群植被盖度对模拟气候变化的短期响应

 为研究高寒生态系统植被群落对气候变化的响应，于２００７年５月沿青藏高原东北祁连山南坡对海拔３２００ｍ 的嵩草草甸、３４００ｍ 的灌丛草甸、３６００ｍ 的杂草草甸和３８００ｍ 的稀疏植被进行双向移栽试验。功能群（莎草类、禾本类、豆科类和杂类草）植被绝对盖度的方差分析表明高寒草甸植被群落对气候变化较为敏感。莎草类盖度与土壤含水量呈负线性相关，禾本类和豆科类分别与土壤含水量和气温呈正线性相关。海拔与杂类草盖度的二次方程可解释其６１％的变异。非度量多维排序（ｎｏｎ ｍｅｔｒｉｃｍｕｌｔｉ ｄｉｍｅｎｓｉｏｎａｌｓｃａｌｉｎｇ，ＮＭＤＳ）暗示功能群对气候变化的响应具有特殊性。豆科类和杂类草、莎草类和禾本类存在较弱的盖度补偿效应。对比早期和模拟降温下的嵩草草甸群落组成，印证其具有较高的稳定性。

Short-term response of functional plant groups abundance to simulated climate change in alpine meadow ecosystems

For further understanding the response of alpine plant communities to climate change,we manipulated a reciprocal translocation experiment along the elevation gradients on the south slope of the Qilian Mountains,in the northeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in May 2007.The translocated vegetation comprised 3 200 m of Kobresia meadow,3 400 m of shrub meadow,3 600 m of forbs meadow,and 3 800 m of sparse vegetation.Four functional groups(FG) were classified as sedge,graminoid,legume and forbs.An ANOVA of FG abundanc...