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      Ecosystem multifunctionality, maximum height, and biodiversity of shrub communities affected by precipitation fluctuations in Northwest China

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          Abstract

          Introduction

          Dryland ecosystems face serious threats from climate change. Establishing the spatial pattern of ecosystem multifunctionality, maximum height and the correlation of biodiversity patterns with climate change is important for understanding changes in complex ecosystem processes. However, the understanding of their relationships across large spatial areas remains limited in drylands.

          Methods

          Accordingly, this study examined the spatial patterns of ecosystem multifunctionality, maximum height and considered a set of potential environmental drivers by investigating natural shrub communities in Northwest China.

          Results

          We found that the ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) and maximum height of shrub communities were both affected by longitude, which was positively correlated with the precipitation gradient. Specifically, the EMF was driven by high precipitation seasonality, and the maximum height was driven by high precipitation stability during the growing season. Among the multiple biodiversity predictors, species beta diversity (SD-beta) is the most common in determining EMF, although this relationship is weak.

          Discussion

          Unlike tree life form, we did not observe biodiversity-maximum height relationships in shrub communities. Based on these results, we suggest that more attention should be paid to the climatical fluctuations mediated biodiversity mechanisms, which are tightly correlated with ecosystem’s service capacity and resistance capacity under a rapid climate change scenario in the future.

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                Lan Du: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1818497Role:
                Shengchuan Tian: Role: Role: Role:
                Jing Sun: Role: Role: Role:
                Bin Zhang: Role: Role: Role:
                Xiao-Han Mu: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1205077Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Lisong Tang: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1465173Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Xinjun Zheng: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1121748Role: Role: Role:
                Yan Li: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1999118Role: Role: Role:
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Plant Sci
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Plant Sci
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Plant Sci.
                Title: Frontiers in Plant Science
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 1664-462X
                Publication date (Electronic): 25 September 2023
                Publication date Collection: 2023
                Volume: 14
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1259858
                Affiliations
                [1] 1 State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
                [2] 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China
                [3] 3 Fukang Station of Desert Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Fukang, Xinjiang, China
                [4] 4 State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A and F University , Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
                Author notes

                Edited by: Yuanrun Zheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China

                Reviewed by: Huang Gang, Fujian Normal University, China; Lei Deng, Northwest A&F University, China

                *Correspondence: Xinjun Zheng, zhengxj@ 123456ms.xjb.ac.cn ; Yan Li, liyan@ 123456ms.xjb.ac.cn
                Article
                DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1259858
                PMC ID: 10560859
                PubMed ID: 37818321
                SO-VID: a9ae9544-9c44-4929-94be-99f8e29a1589
                Copyright © Copyright © 2023 Du, Tian, Sun, Zhang, Mu, Tang, Zheng and Li
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                Date received : 17 July 2023
                Date accepted : 28 August 2023
                Page count
                Figures: 6, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 70, Pages: 12, Words: 5111
                Funding
                The authors declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was financially supported by the “Western Light” program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019-XBQNXZ-B-003); the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (no. XDA2006030102); the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (no. 42171068).
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                Subject: Plant Science
                Subject: Original Research
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                section-in-acceptance Functional Plant Ecology

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Plant science & Botany
                Keywords: ecosystem multifunctionality,maximum height,shrub communities,dryland,biodiversity
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Plant science & Botany
                Keywords: ecosystem multifunctionality, maximum height, shrub communities, dryland, biodiversity

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