Plant root mechanisms and their effects on carbon and nutrient accumulation in desert ecosystems under changes in land use and climate
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Summary Deserts represent key carbon reservoirs, yet as these systems are threatened this has implications for biodiversity and climate change. This review focuses on how these changes affect desert ecosystems, particularly plant root systems and their impact on carbon and mineral nutrient stocks. Desert plants have diverse root architectures shaped by water acquisition strategies, affecting plant biomass and overall carbon and nutrient stocks. Climate change can disrupt desert plant communities, with droughts impacting both shallow and deep‐rooted plants as groundwater levels fluctuate. Vegetation management practices, like grazing, significantly influence plant communities, soil composition, root…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 164.78
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 168
Authors
10- ATAkash Tariq
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Geography, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB
- CGCorina Graciano
Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
- JSJordi Sardans
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB
- FZFanjiang ZengCorresponding
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Geography, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- ACAlice C. Hughes
University of Hong Kong
Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Ecosystem
- Climate change
- Biomass (ecology)
- Biodiversity
- Plant community
- Nutrient
- Threatened species
- Life in Land
Funding
- ECEuropean CommissionAwards: 10.13039/501100011033, 13039/501100011033, 501100011033, AEI/10.13039/501100011033
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAwards: 10.13039, 42271071, 42207163, AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 32250410301, 41977050
- MOMinistry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of ChinaAwards: WGXZ2023078L, QN2022045005, WGXZ2023078, QN2022045005L
- ADAgència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de RecercaAwards: 10.13039/501100011033, 13039/501100011033, SGR 2021
- AEAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciónAwards: AEI/10.13039/501100011033, 501100011033, 10.13039/501100011033, 13039, 10.13039, AEI/10, 13039/501100011033, AEI/10.