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The Biomass Allocation Patterns of Desert Shrub Vegetation in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, China

  • Zhong Zebing ,
  • Zhou Guoying ,
  • Yang Lucun ,
  • Liu Hechun ,
  • Song Wenzhu
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  • 1. Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received date: 2013-05-16

  Revised date: 2013-07-09

  Online published: 2014-07-20

Abstract

Investigation of spatial distribution of biomass of shrub in desert and desertified regions is essential to evaluate carbon storage in desert ecosystem. In this paper, spatial patterns of desert shrub biomass were studied based on data from sites in the Qaidam Basin, by using quadrat harvest method. We found that spatial distribution of desert shrub biomass is highly spatial heterogeneous in desert regions of the basin, which ranges from 11.11 t·5hm-2 to 58.36 t·5hm-2, with an average of 27.15 t·5hm-2. The shrub layer biomass is the most important component of the total biomass in the terrestrial ecosystem, which accounts for 92.91% of the total biomass. The aboveground biomass is much larger than the belowground biomass, the aboveground biomass is 7.93-46.10 t·5hm-2, and the belowground biomass is 1.15-25.46 t·5hm-2, and the ratio of root to shoot ranges from 0.07 to 2.45. The vegetation biomass in desert varies in different organs, generally speaking, the biomass in branch and stem were larger than in root, and the biomass in foliage is the smallest (38.05%, 34.92%, 27.03%, respectively). The main factors that affect the vegetation biomass and its allocation are shrub height and soil moisture.

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Zhong Zebing , Zhou Guoying , Yang Lucun , Liu Hechun , Song Wenzhu . The Biomass Allocation Patterns of Desert Shrub Vegetation in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, China[J]. Journal of Desert Research, 2014 , 34(4) : 1042 -1048 . DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2013.00406

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