Canopy-Mediated Shifts in Grassland Diversity and Heterogeneity: A Power Law Approach from China's Loess Plateau.

Lili Qian, Cong Wu, Sipu Jing, Li Meng, Shuo Liu, Xiangyang Hou, Wenjie Lu, Xiang Zhao

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lili QianCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Cong WuCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Sipu JingCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Li MengCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Shuo LiuCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Xiangyang HouCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Wenjie LuCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Xiang ZhaoCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Jinzhong 030801, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31802115Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province 202203021221166Science and Technology Innovation Fund of Shanxi Agricultural University 2018YJ38

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Abstract

This study investigates the spatial heterogeneity and species diversity of grassland vegetation in the agro-pastoral ecotone of China's Loess Plateau, integrating Taylor's power law model with the minimum area concept to address scale-dependent ecological patterns. Field surveys were conducted across four vegetation types: small-leaf poplar forest (SP), pine-caragana mixed forest (PC), caragana shrubland (RC), and saline grassland (SG). Nested quadrats (0.25-8 m

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agro-pastoral ecotonebiodiversityecosystempower law modelspatial patternspecies–area relationship

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PMID41095150

DOI10.3390/plants14193008

PMCPMC12525544

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