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Predrought and Its Persistence Determined the Phenological Changes of Stipa krylovii in Inner Mongolia

Version 1 : Received: 17 April 2023 / Approved: 18 April 2023 / Online: 18 April 2023 (03:43:41 CEST)

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Liu, E.; Zhou, G.; He, Q.; Wu, B.; Lv, X. Predrought and Its Persistence Determined the Phenological Changes of Stipa krylovii in Inner Mongolia. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1345. Liu, E.; Zhou, G.; He, Q.; Wu, B.; Lv, X. Predrought and Its Persistence Determined the Phenological Changes of Stipa krylovii in Inner Mongolia. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1345.

Abstract

Clarifying the response of plant phenology to drought duration is helpful for accurately interpreting and predicting carbon sinks in ecosystems. Based on the response of different phenological periods of the dominant species Stipa krylovii to monthly, seasonal and semiannual time scale drought in the typical steppe of Inner Mongolia from 1983 to 2018, the results revealed that (1) the start of the growing season (SOS) was characterized by an advance-delay-advance pattern, and the heading stage (HOS), flowering stage (FOS) and end of the growing season (EOS) all showed consistent advanced trends, which provided additional insight into the conclusions of previous studies that found the SOS was advanced in arid and semiarid regions. (2) The response mechanism of the SOS to the timing of drought was not consistent. Among the response mechanism, the SOS was delayed because of January-February drought at different time scales, but advanced because of April drought at different time scales. The HOS/FOS was delayed by June-July drought at different time scales, and the EOS was advanced by August-September drought at different time scales. (3) More importantly, the SOS, HOS, FOS and EOS were affected by predrought and its persistence, and the effects were greater the closer to the phenological periods that drought occurred. (4) At the monthly scale, droughts in January, June and August were the critical drought periods affecting the SOS, HOS/FOS and EOS, while seasonal and semiannual scale droughts in February, June-July and September were the critical periods affecting the SOS, HOS/FOS and EOS. The results of this study enrich our understanding of how drought at different time scales affects different phenological periods, providing a basis for improving plant phenological models.

Keywords

Inner Mongolia; typical steppe; Stipa krylovii; phenology; SPEI

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology

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