Carbon Dioxide Exchange Between the Atmosphere and an Alpine Shrubland Meadow During the Growing Season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Abstract: In the present study, we used the eddy covariance method to measure CO₂ exchange between the atmosphere and an alpine shrubland meadow ecosystem (37°36'N, 101°18'E; 3 250 m a.s.l.) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, during the growing season in 2003, from 20 April to 30 September. This meadow is dominated by formations of Potentilla fruticosa L. The soil is Mol-Cryic Cambisols. During the study period, the meadow was not grazed. The maximum rates of CO₂ uptake and release derived from the diurnal course of CO₂ flux were -9.38 and 5.02 μmol·m^-2·s^-1, respectively. The largest daily CO₂ uptake was 1.7 g C·m^-2·d^-1 on 14 July, which is less than half that of an alpine Kobresia meadow ecosystem at similar latitudes. Daily CO₂ uptake during the measurement period indicated that the alpine shrubland meadow ecosystem may behave as a sink of atmospheric CO₂ during the growing season. The daytime CO₂ uptake was correlated exponentially or linearly with the daily photo synthetic photon flux density each month. The daytime average water use efficiency of the ecosystem was 6.47 mg CO₂/g H₂O. The efficiency of the ecosystem increased with a decrease in vapor pressure deficit.
(Managing editor: Ya-Qin HAN)     

Carbon Dioxide Exchange Between the Atmosphere and an Alpine Shrubland Meadow During the Growing Season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

In the present study, we used the eddy covariance method to measure CO2 exchange between the atmosphere and an alpine shrubland meadow ecosystem (37°36′ N, 101o18′ E; 3 250 m a.s.l.) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, during the growing season in 2003, from 20 April to 30 September. This meadow is dominated by formations ofPotentillafruticosa L. The soil is Mol-Cryic Cambisols. During the study period, the meadow was not grazed. The maximum rates of CO2 uptake and release derived from the latitudes. Daily CO2 uptake during the measurement period indicated that the alpine shrubland meadow ecosystem may behave as a sink of atmospheric CO2 during the growing season. The daytime CO2 uptake was correlated exponentially or linearly with the daily photosynthetic photon flux density each month. The daytime average water use efficiency of the ecosystem was 6.47 mg CO2/g H2O. The efficiency of the ecosystem increased with a decrease in vapor pressure deficit.     

青藏高原多年冻土区高寒植被物种多样性和地上生物量

基于样方调查统计了青藏高原多年冻土区高寒草地生态系统植物的科属组成,计算了多样性指数和均匀度指数,探讨了多年冻土退化对高寒草地物种多样性的影响。结果表明:多年冻土退化过程中物种组成在属和物种丰富度上呈现降低趋势,湿、中生植物逐渐被旱中生和旱生植物替代;青藏高原多年冻土退化会导致高寒草地生态系统的物种多样性和初级生产力的降低,影响高寒草地生态系统的稳定性;物种多样性与初级生产力具有密切的抛物线型关系。     

青藏高原高寒灌丛非生长季节CO2通量特征

利用2003年和2004年涡度相关系统通量观测资料,对青藏高原高寒灌丛非生长季节CO2通量特征及其主要影响因子进行了分析。(1)从净生态系统CO2交换(NEE)日变化特征看,除13:00~19:00时有较小的CO2净释放以外,其余时段NEE均很小;(2)高寒灌丛非生长季月份间NEE差异明显,4月和10月是CO2净释放量较大,1月和12月CO2净释放量较小;(3)相对温带草原(高杆草大草原)草地类型,低温抑制下的青藏高原高寒灌丛生态系统非生长季节日平均CO2释放率较低;(4)高寒灌丛非生长季NEE日变化模式与5 cm土壤温度变化呈显著正相关,土壤温度是影响非生长季节青藏高原高寒灌丛NEE变化的主导气候因子,同时NEE变化还受降水的影响。     

Net primary productivity and spatial distribution of vegetation in an alpine wetland,Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

To initially describe vegetation structure and spatial variation in plant biomass in a typical alpine wetland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, net primary productivity and vegetation in relationship to environmental factors were investigated. In 2002, the wetland remained flooded to an average water depth of 25 cm during the growing season, from July to mid-September. We mapped the floodline and vegetation distribution using GPS (global positioning system). Coverage of vegetation in the wetland was 100%, and the vegetation was zonally distributed along a water depth gradient, with three emergent plant zones (Hippuris vulgaris-dominated zone, Scirpus distigmaticus-dominated zone, and Carex allivescers-dominated zone) and one submerged plant zone (Potamogeton pectinatus-dominated zone). Both aboveground and belowground biomass varied temporally within and among the vegetation zones. Further, net primary productivity (NPP) as estimated by peak biomass also differed among the vegetation zones; aboveground NPP was highest in the Carex-dominated zone with shallowest water and lowest in the Potamogeton zone with deepest water. The area occupied by each zone was 73.5% for P. pectinatus, 2.6% for H. vulgaris, 20.5% for S. distigmaticus, and 3.4% for C. allivescers. Morphological features in relationship to gas-transport efficiency of the aerial part differed among the emergent plants. Of the three emergent plants, H. vulgaris, which dominated in the deeper water, showed greater morphological adaptability to deep water than the other two emergent plants.     

Phylogeography of Potentilla fruticosa,an alpine shrub on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Aims Our objectives were (i) to elucidate the phylogeography of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) in Potentilla fruticosa in relation to Quaternary climate change and postglacial colonization, (ii) to infer historical population range expansion using mismatch distribution analyses and (iii) to locate the refugia of this alpine species on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau during glacial–interglacial periods.Methods Potentilla fruticosa is a widespread species distributed on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. We sampled leaves of P. fruticosa from 10 locations along a route of ~1?300 km from the northeastern plateau (Haibei, Qinghai) to the southern plateau (Dangxiong, Tibet). We examined the cpDNA of 15 haplotypes for 87 individuals from the 10 populations based on the sequence data from ~1?000 base pairs of the trnS–trnG and rpl20–rps12. Phylogenetic relationship of haplotypes was analyzed using the Phylip software package and the program TCS. The diversity of populations indices was obtained using the program ARLEQUIN.Important findings With the limited samples, we found that (i) higher nucleotide diversity often occurs in high-altitude populations, (ii) the ancestral haplotypes distribute in the populations with higher nucleotide diversity than recent haplotypes, (iii) the expansion time of population in the high altitudes was estimated to be approximately at 52–25 ka BP (1000 years Before Present, where “Present” is AD 1950) and that in the low altitudes to be ~5.1–2.5 ka BP and (iv) the source location of P. fruticosa is at the high altitudes, which might provide refugia for the species during the interglacial warm periods. The species expanded from the high-elevated locations on the Tanggula Mountains during the Holocene.     

青藏高原高寒湿地生态系统CO2通量

依据涡度相关系统连续观测的2005年CO2通量数据,对青藏高原东北隅的高寒湿地生态系统源/汇功能及其部分环境影响因素进行了分析.结果表明,高寒湿地生态系统为明显的碳源,在植物生长季(5～9月份)吸收230.16 gCO2·m-2,非生长季(1～4月份及10～12月份)释放546.18 gCO2·m-2,其中净排放最高在5月份,为181.49 gCO2·m-2,净吸收最高在8月份,为189.69 gCO2·m-2,年释放量为316.02 gCO2·m-2.在平均日变化中,最大吸收值出现在7月份12:00,为(0.45±0.0012) mgCO2·m-2·s-1,最大排放速率出现在8月份0:00,为(0.22±0.0090) mgCO2·m-2·s-1.生长季中6～9月份表现为明显的单峰型日变化,非生长季的变化幅度较小.净生态系统交换量(NEE)和生态系统总初级生产力(GPP)与气温、空气水气饱和亏和地表反射率等环境因素呈现相似的相关性,与地上生物量和群落叶面积指数则为线性负相关,生态系统呼吸(Res)则与上述因子的相关性呈现相反的趋势.     

青藏高原高寒沼泽湿地在退化梯度上植物群落组成的改变对湿地水分状况的影响

对青藏高原东缘玛曲高寒沼泽湿地分属于15科的47种主要植物进行光合测定, 结合对不同退化类型植物群落的样方调查, 分析了各种植物之间以及不同功能群之间的净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和水分利用效率等光合参数的差异。结果表明: 1)玛曲高寒湿地的主要物种在净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和水分利用效率4个光合特性参数上的差异显著, 表明各植物种以各自独特的方式适应高寒湿地环境; 在功能群水平上, 各功能群之间的差异亦显著。光合速率从大到小依次为禾草>莎草>豆科和其他双子叶类杂草, 水分利用效率则是莎草>禾草>豆科和其他双子叶类杂草; 2)湿地退化导致其群落组成发生明显改变, 其中最明显的特点是双子叶类杂草的比例大大增加; 而双子叶类杂草普遍较低的水分利用效率将会增大土壤水分通过光合作用的蒸腾散失, 在大气降水对水分补充变化不大的条件下, 这将会进一步加剧群落生境的干旱化, 不利于退化湿地的恢复和附近湿地的保护。研究结果表明, 在湿地保护和退化湿地恢复过程中, 典型湿地土著物种的保存和补充具有重要意义。     

青藏高原典型草地NDVI时空演变的季节差异及其气候驱动

基于全球库存建模和制图研究(GIMMS)第三代归一化植被指数(NDVI3g)产品和气象数据,利用一元线性回归模型、偏相关分析和显著性T检验,分析了1982—2015年青藏高原高寒草甸和高寒草原春、夏、秋季NDVI时空演变的差异特征及其与气候因子的关系。研究表明：(1)高寒草甸春、夏、秋季NDVI整体均无明显变化趋势,高寒草原春季和夏季NDVI均显著增加,变化速率均为0.0002/a(P<0.05),而秋季NDVI变化趋势不明显。(2)空间上,高寒草甸春季NDVI显著增加面积占比31.95%,集中分布在祁连山区和三江源区,夏季NDVI显著增加的面积占比32.12%,主要分布在祁连山区、三江源地区和一江两河流域;秋季NDVI显著增加的比例为24.59%,集中分布于祁连山区和一江两河流域。高寒草原春、夏、秋季NDVI显著增加的区域均集中分布于西藏自治区北部和柴达木盆地南缘地区,分别占比44.20%、43.09%和37.99%。(3)高寒草甸春季和秋季NDVI均与气温显著正相关,偏相关系数达0.41(P<0.05)和0.23(P<0.05),夏季NDVI与气温、降水量和太阳辐...     

青藏高原高寒湿地生态系统CO2通量

依据涡度相关系统连续观测的2005年CO₂通量数据,对青藏高原东北隅的高寒湿地生态系统源/汇功能及其部分环境影响因素进行了分析。结果表明,高寒湿地生态系统为明显的碳源,在植物生长季（5~9月份）吸收230.16 gCO₂•m^-2,非生长季（1~4月份及10~12月份）释放546.18 gCO₂•m^-2,其中净排放最高在5月份,为181.49 gCO₂•m^-2,净吸收最高在8月份,为189.69 gCO₂•m^-2,年释放量为316.02 gCO₂•m^-2。在平均日变化中,最大吸收值出现在7月份12:00,为（0.45±0.0012） mgCO2•m^-2•s^-1,最大排放速率出现在8月份0:00,为（0.22±0.0090） mgCO₂•m^-2•s^-1。生长季中6~9月份表现为明显的单峰型日变化,非生长季的变化幅度较小。净生态系统交换量（NEE）和生态系统总初级生产力（GPP）与气温、空气水气饱和亏和地表反射率等环境因素呈现相似的相关性,与地上生物量和群落叶面积指数则为线性负相关,生态系统呼吸（Res）则与上述因子的相关性呈现相反的趋势。     

青藏高原高寒湿地GPP变化特征及对生长季积温的响应

基于涡度相关系统,利用2004—2016年的涡度相关系统观测资料,做了青藏高原高寒湿地生长季总初级生产力(GPP)在不同时间尺度上对生长季有效积温(GDD)响应的研究。结果表明:高寒湿地生态系统在生长季的日GPP、GDD与月际GPP、GDD都表现为先增大后减小的单峰变化趋势,都在7月或8月达到峰值,在5月达到最小值。在整个生长季尺度上,GPP与GDD变异性较大,没有明显的变化趋势。2004—2016年整个生长季GPP与GDD的均值分别为(458.82±25.78) gC m^-2季^-1和(1060.89±84.07)℃。在日尺度、月尺度、生长季尺度上,GPP与GDD都呈极显著正相关关系(P<0.01)。但是,通过比较生长季分别每个月GPP与GDD的关系发现,5、9月的GPP与GDD没有显著相关性(P>0.05),而在7月相关性最为显著(P<0.01)。整体上看,高寒湿地生态系统植被的总初级生产力与热量条件表现为正相关关系,由此说明在全球气候变暖的背景下,将会提高青藏高原高寒湿地生态系统植被的光合生产能力。     

青藏高原高寒草甸夏季植被特征及对模拟增温的短期响应

以青藏高原高寒草甸为研究对象,研究了草甸植被夏季生长动态特征;同时采用红外辐射器模拟增温的方法,探讨了草甸植被对增温的短期(1a)响应.结果表明:(1)高寒草甸夏季植被高度与地下生物量、总生物量相关性不显著,盖度与二者相关性极显著;高度对地上生物量影响较大(R=0.892,P＜0.01),盖度对地下生物量(R=0.883,P＜0.01)和总生物量(R=0.888,P＜0.01)影响较大.(2)高寒草甸夏季植被地上部分和地下部分表现出不同的生长模式,地上部分近似等速生长(幂指数为1.011),地下部分则表现为异速生长(幂指数为0.459),但整体呈现异速生长(幂指数为0.473).(3)高寒草甸夏季植被地上生物量(P＜0.05)在6月份较地下生物量(P＞0.05)对环境更为敏感,且一年之后地上-地下生物量均呈减小趋势,这与空气温度、土壤温度和土壤水分的显著减小密切相关.(4)红外辐射器在高寒草甸的增温度效果较好,空气、地表、土壤温度都随增温幅度增强而增加;短期增温对高寒植被有正效应(T0-T1),而温度持续升高则对植被产生负效应(T1-T2);各植被指标的方差分析都未达到显著水平,表明短期增温对该植被影响不显著.     

CO2 flux in alpine wetland ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Using the CO₂ flux data measured by the eddy covariance method in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in 2005, we analyzed the carbon flux dynamics in relation to meteorological and biotic factors. The results showed that the alpine wetland ecosystem was the carbon source, and it emitted 316.02 gCO₂ · m⁻² to atmosphere in 2005 with 230.16 gCO₂ · m⁻² absorbed in the growing season from May to September and 546.18 gCO₂ · m⁻² released in the non-growing season from January to April and from October to December. The maximum of the averaged daily CO₂ uptake rates and release rates was (0.45 ± 0.0012) mgCO₂ · m⁻² · s⁻¹ (Mean ± SE) in July and (0.22 ± 0.0090) mgCO₂ · m⁻² · s⁻¹ in August, respectively. The averaged diurnal variation showed a single-peaked pattern in the growing season, but exhibited very small fluctuation in the non-growing season. Net ecosystem exchange (NEE) and gross primary production (GPP) were all correlated with some meteorological factors, and they showed a negatively linear correlation with aboveground biomass, while a positive correlation existed between the ecosystem respiration (R_es) and those factors.     

Temperature and biomass influences on interannual changes in CO2 exchange in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Three years of eddy covariance measurements were used to characterize the seasonal and interannual variability of the CO₂ fluxes above an alpine meadow (3250 m a.s.l.) on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, China. This alpine meadow was a weak sink for atmospheric CO₂, with a net ecosystem production (NEP) of 78.5, 91.7, and 192.5 g C m^?2 yr^?1 in 2002, 2003, and 2004, respectively. The prominent, high NEP in 2004 resulted from the combination of high gross primary production (GPP) and low ecosystem respiration (R_e) during the growing season. The period of net absorption of CO₂ in 2004, 179 days, was 10 days longer than that in 2002 and 5 days longer than that in 2003. Moreover, the date on which the mean air temperature first exceeded 5.0°C was 10 days earlier in 2004 (DOY110) than in 2002 or 2003. This date agrees well with that on which the green aboveground biomass (Green AGB) started to increase. The relationship between light‐use efficiency and Green AGB was similar among the three years. In 2002, however, earlier senescence possibly caused low autumn GPP, and thus the annual NEP, to be lower. The low summertime R_e in 2004 was apparently caused by lower soil temperatures and the relatively lower temperature dependence of R_e in comparison with the other years. These results suggest that (1) the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau plays a potentially significant role in global carbon sequestration, because alpine meadow covers about one‐third of this vast plateau, and (2) the annual NEP in the alpine meadow was comprehensively controlled by the temperature environment, including its effect on biomass growth.     

青藏高原高寒草甸和荒漠碳交换特征及其气象影响机制

以青藏高原玛沁地区高寒草甸和沱沱河地区高寒荒漠草原为观测研究站,利用涡动协方差技术获取高寒生态系统水平上的CO₂通量以及水和能量通量,通过REddyProc、随机森林(Random Forest, RF)进行了数据后处理,探究了不同下垫面典型环境因子对净生态系统CO₂交换量(Net Ecosystem Exchange, NEE)的影响机制。结果表明：1)玛沁高寒草甸在6—7月以吸收为主,表现为碳汇,吸收峰值出现在11:00—12:00(北京时,下同)之间,而在3、4、5、8月以排放为主,表现为碳源,排放峰值出现在21:00—23:00之间;沱沱河高寒荒漠在3—8月以吸收为主,表现为净碳汇,吸收峰值出现在13:00—14:00之间;整个生长季前后(3—8月),玛沁和沱沱河的累计NEE分别为79.50 g C/m²和79.24 g C/m²,都表现为碳汇。2)不同尺度不同下垫面,气象因子对NEE的重要程度不同,小时尺度上,高寒草甸辐射对NEE的重要性最大,高寒荒漠草原蒸散发对NEE的重要性最大;日尺度...     

内蒙古高原温带稀树草原生态系统特征与成因

内蒙古高原分布的温带榆树稀树草原生态系统在中国乃至世界上都是一种特殊的生态系统,对于它的研究可加深对植被分布规律的理解,且有利于该系统的保护。本文分析了该生态系统的地理分布、气候特点、土壤状况、物种组成、群落结构及天然更新状况等,比较了草原、森林和稀树草原3个生态系统的特征,提出了在内蒙古高原分布的温带榆树稀树草原生态系统是在独特的气候、土壤和地形条件下形成的经度(水分梯度)地带性顶极植被,决定其存在的最关键因素首先是降水量和土壤的水分条件,其次才是沙质土壤。这种生态系统既不是草原,又不是森林,而是介于落叶阔叶林和草原之间的一种生态系统类型。在此纬度带上,从东到西分布的经度地带性植被谱应为:温带森林、温带稀树草原、典型草原、荒漠草原等。在同一纬度带上,沙质土壤的基质并不完全被稀树草原生态系统所覆盖,还有沙漠等生态系统类型。建议《中国植被》增加一个新的植被类型,温带稀树草原。     

江西境内珍稀植物普通野生稻和中华水韭产地的考察

庵家山湿地位于N 28°14′、E 116°36′, 面积约1.2 hm²。湿地具维管束植物33科、60属、79种及1变种和1亚种, 其中中华水韭和普通野生稻为国家优先保护植物,武夷慈姑为中国特有珍稀植物。湿地植物以挺水植物和湿生植物为主。该湿地植物区系有24个世界广布属,16个泛热带分布属,分别占种子植物总属数的41%和28%以上;从组成种的地理成分来看,该地植被明显具地带性的特征,热带成分达37种,占全部种类的46%以上。由于生境的异质性,湿地植被中植物群落镶嵌现象较为明显,共优种多,没有明显的建群种。庵家山湿地是多种珍稀植物的集中产地,应重视和保护这一特殊湿地。     

History and evolution of alpine plants endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Aconitum gymnandrum (Ranunculaceae)

How Quaternary climatic oscillations affected range distributions and intraspecific divergence of alpine plants on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau (QTP) remains largely unknown. Here, we report a survey of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) DNA variation aimed at exploring the phylogeographical history of the QTP alpine endemic Aconitum gymnandrum. We sequenced three cpDNA fragments (rpl20–rps12 intergenic spacer, the trnV intron and psbA‐trnH spacer) and also the nuclear (ITS) region in 245 individuals from 23 populations sampled throughout the species’ range. Two distinct lineages, with eastern and western geographical distributions respectively, were identified from a phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequence variation. Based on a fast substitution rate, these were estimated to have diverged from each other in the early Pleistocene approximately 1.45 Ma. The analysis of cpDNA variation identified nine chlorotypes that clustered into two major clades that were broadly congruent in geographical distribution with the two ITS lineages. The east–west split of cpDNA divergence was supported by an amova which partitioned approximately half of the total variance between these two groups of populations. Analysis of the spatial distribution of chlorotypes showed that each clade was subdivided into two groups of populations such that a total of four population groups existed in the species. It is suggested that these different groups derive from four independent glacial refugia that existed during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and that three of these refugia were located at high altitude on the QTP platform itself at that time. Coalescent simulation of chlorotype genealogies supported both an early Pleistocene origin of the two main cpDNA clades and also the ‘four‐refugia’ hypothesis during the LGM. Two previous phylogeographical studies of QTP alpine plants indicated that such plants retreated to refugia at the eastern/south‐eastern plateau edge during the LGM and/or previous glacial maxima. However, the results for A. gymnandrum suggest that at least some of these cold‐tolerant species may have also survived centrally on the QTP platform throughout the Quaternary.     

筑坝扩容下高原湿地拉市海植物群落分布格局及其变化

基于遥感与地理信息系统技术、结合实地调查与验证,对高原湿地拉市海筑坝扩容13a来湿地植物群落类型、物种组成、空间分布格局进行研究,对比分析筑坝扩容前后植物群落变化特征。结果表明,拉市海当前分布有水葱 (Scirpus tabernaemontani)、两栖蓼 (Polygonum amphibium) 等2个挺水植物群落,鸭子草 (Potamogeton tepperi)、菱 (Trapa bispinosa)等2个浮叶植物群落,穗状狐尾藻 (Myriophyllum spicatum)、篦齿眼子菜 (Potamogeton pectinatus)、菹草 (Potamogeton crispus)、穿叶眼子草 (Potamogeton perfoliatus)、小叶眼子菜 (Potamogeton pusillns)等5个沉水植物群落,草甸植被分布于湖周。湿地植物物种共计61种,隶属于25科、48属,物种丰富度随沉水→浮叶→挺水→草甸逐渐增加。沉水植物群落分布面积最大(615.08 hm²),其次是草甸(214.60 hm²)、浮叶植物群落(140.01 hm²),挺水植物群落分布面积最小 (9.34 hm²),群落垂直层次随沉水→浮叶→挺水呈复杂化的趋势。筑坝13a来,拉市海植物群落类型从单一的沉水型植物群落发展成为由沉水、浮叶、挺水型组成的、水平空间多样化配置的湿地植被系统,其中穗状狐尾藻、篦齿眼子菜、小眼子菜等植物群落在筑坝蓄水13a后没有发生演替得以保留,而扇叶水毛茛(Butrachium bungei)、马来眼子菜(Potamogeton malaianus)和轮藻(Chara spp.)群落发生演替而消失。研究掌握了筑坝扩容下拉市海湿地植物群落分布格局及其变化特征,为科学评估筑坝蓄水对湿地生态系统的影响提供了基础性数据,同时也为水文改变下高原湿地生态系统的保护、管理以及资源可持续利用提供了一定的理论依据。     

青藏高原典型草地植被退化与土壤退化研究

采用野外样方调查和室内分析法,探讨了青藏高原不同退化程度高寒草原和高寒草甸植被群落结构、植物多样性、地上-地下生物量、根系分配及土壤理化特性差异。研究表明:(1)随着退化程度加剧,高寒草原禾草优势地位未改变,高寒草甸优势种莎草逐渐被杂类草取代。(2)随着退化程度加剧,高寒草原地上生物量显著降低(P<0.05),高寒草甸地上生物量先保持稳定再下降。高寒草甸地下生物量较高寒草原地下生物量对退化响应更敏感。(3)高寒草原退化过程中,莎草地上物生量变化不明显(P>0.05),禾草地上生物量贡献率由88.12%减少至53.54%,杂类草地上生物量贡献率由0.08%增加至42.81%;高寒草甸退化过程中,禾草和杂类草地上生物量先增加后减小,莎草地上生物量占比由69.15%减少至0.04%,杂类草地上生物量占比由12.56%增加至92.61%。(4)随着退化程度加剧,高寒草原根系向浅层迁移,高寒草甸根系向深层迁移。(5)退化对高寒草甸土壤含水量(θ)、土壤有机碳(SOC)、总氮(TN)及土壤容重(BD)影响均比高寒草原更强烈。本研究对青藏高原退化草地恢复治理具有重要的参考价值。