Influence of Land Use Patterns on Evapotranspiration and Its Components in a Temperate Grassland Ecosystem

Table 2

Community characteristics of the three land uses.

Use pattern	Grazing (G)	Grazing exclusion (GE)	Cultivation to cropland (C)
Constructive species	Stipa grandis	Stipa grandis	Triticum aestivum
Average cover (%)	56.3 ± 2.4^a	95.0 ± 2.0^b	93.8 ± 1.25^b
Average height (cm)	14.75 ± 0.95^a	56.25 ± 5.54^b	89.0 ± 1.29^c
Soil organic carbon (g/kg)	11.98 ± 1.73^a	15.10 ± 1.89^b	19.77 ± 1.05^c
Soil bulk density (g/cm^3)	1.63 ± 0.02^a	1.37 ± 0.06^b	1.29 ± 0.02^b
Leaf area index (LAI)	0.42 ± 0.03^a	0.68 ± 0.05^a	1.33 ± 0.13^b
Total biomass (kg * s^−1)	2.04 ± 0.14^a	3.01 ± 1.38^b	1.02 ± 0.06^c
Above/underground biomass (%)	3.73 ± 0.20^a	5.95 ± 0.29^b	64.50 ± 2.24^c
C4 total biomass (%)	32.98 ± 1.70^a	6.10 ± 2.26^b	0^c
Litter fall (g/m^2)	1.60 ± 0.55^a	84.81 ± 4.47^b	10.98 ± 1.00^c
Species abundance (S)	7.25 ± 0.63^a	4.00 ± 0.41^b	2.25 ± 0.25^c

Mean ± standard; the different letters in the same row signify significant changes between them ( < 0.05).