Effect of short-term grazing exclusion on community characteristics and stability in Artemisia desert on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains

Yi-qiang Dong; Zong-jiu Sun; Sha-zhou An; Ayimin&#x000b7; Bolati; Jiao Yang; Kun Li

doi:10.11829/j.issn.1001-0629.2017-0569

Pratacultural Science > 2018 > 12(5): 996-1003. > DOI: 10.11829/j.issn.1001-0629.2017-0569

Yi-qiang Dong, Zong-jiu Sun, Sha-zhou An, Ayimin·, Bolati, Jiao Yang, Kun Li. Effect of short-term grazing exclusion on community characteristics and stability in Artemisia desert on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains[J]. Pratacultural Science, 2018, 12(5): 996-1003. DOI: 10.11829/j.issn.1001-0629.2017-0569

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Effect of short-term grazing exclusion on community characteristics and stability in Artemisia desert on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains

College of Pratacultural and Environmental Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology of Xinjiang, Urumqi 830052, Xinjiang, China

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Received Date: October 18, 2017
Revised Date: January 17, 2018
Published Date: May 19, 2018

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The aim of this study was to explore the response of community characteristics and plant diversity, in deserts in different regions, to grazing exclusion (GE), and to analyze the effects of GE on community stability. The research was carried out in the Artemisia desert on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, where the community characteristics were measured and studied. The results showed that 1) GE altered the functional group structure of the desert community in different regions and that community coverage and biomass after GE increased significantly by 40.2%57.0% and 44.4%81.0%; 2) the response of the desert plant diversity indexes to short-term GE were weak, however, the Patrick and Shannon-Wiener indexes of the grazed area in the Manasi desert were significantly higher by 16.720.0% than in Qitai and Bole, and the Simpson and Shannon-Wiener indexes of the GE area were significantly higher by 8.6%17.7%; 3) short-term GE can maintain the stability of desert communities, and the stability is related to GE times and ecological factors. Therefore, short-term GE can significantly improve desert grassland productivity, and maintain vegetation diversity and community stability.
- grazing exclusion,
- Artemisia desert,
- vegetation characteristic,
- plant diversity,
- stability

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