Warming alters plant phylogenetic and functional community structure

J Zhu, Y Zhang, X Yang, N Chen, S Li… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is known to affect many facets of the Earth's ecosystems. However, little is
known about its impacts on phylogenetic and functional properties of ecological …

Evidence for long‐term shift in plant community composition under decadal experimental warming

Z Shi, R Sherry, X Xu, O Hararuk, L Souza… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term, slow ecological processes such as changes in plant community structure and
composition strongly regulate ecosystem responses to climate change. Shifts in plant …

Recovery of plant species diversity during long-term experimental warming of a species-rich alpine meadow community on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

C Zhang, CG Willis, JA Klein, Z Ma, J Li, H Zhou… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Climate change is predicted to dramatically alter the composition of plant communities. The
impact of climate change on these communities is often based on short-term warming …

Richness of plant communities plays a larger role than climate in determining responses of species richness to climate change

Q Wang, Z Zhang, R Du, S Wang, J Duan… - journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental warming in situ suggests that warming could lead to a loss of biodiversity.
However, species that remain in situ and experience climate change will interact with …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-soil warming shifts species composition without affecting diversity, biomass and productivity of the plant community in an alpine meadow

W Qin, Y Chen, X Wang, H Zhao, Y Hou, Q Zhang… - Fundamental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The structure and function of plant communities in alpine meadow ecosystems are
potentially susceptible to climate warming. Here, we utilized a unique field manipulation …

Warming changes plant competitive hierarchy in a temperate steppe in northern China

S Niu, S Wan - Journal of Plant Ecology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims Quantifying changes in plant growth and interspecific interactions, both of which can
alter dominance of plant species, will facilitate explanation and projection of the shifts in …

Experimental warming induces degradation of a Tibetan alpine meadow through trophic interactions

G Li, Y Liu, LE Frelich, S Sun - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that climate change alters abiotic factors (temperature and water availability)
that directly affect ecosystem properties. However, less is known about the indirect impacts …

Community structure and composition in response to climate change in a temperate steppe

H Yang, M Wu, W Liu, ZHE Zhang… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change would have profound influences on community structure and composition,
and subsequently has impacts on ecosystem functioning and feedback to climate change. A …

Temperature leads to annual changes of plant community composition in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

H Ganjurjav, ES Gornish, G Hu, Y Wan, Y Li… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
In most grassland ecosystems, the effects of mean temperature increase on plant
communities have been investigated; however, the effects of climate fluctuations on local …

Plant biodiversity responds more strongly to climate warming and anthropogenic activities than microbial biodiversity in the Qinghai–Tibetan alpine grasslands

Z Shangguan, X Jing, H Wang, H Liu, H Gu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity serves as the fundamental underpinning for ecosystem functions and services.
As a result of human‐induced global change, there is a growing awareness of the …