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Impact of Climate, Phenology, and Soil Factors on Net Ecosystem Productivity in Zoigê Alpine Grassland

Net ecosystem productivity (NEP) is a crucial metric for quantifying carbon storage, exchange, and cycling across global atmospheric and terrestrial ecosystems.
Rui Qu, Jiao Hu, Joseph Awange, Bo Wen, Zhengwei He, Yongze Song, Li He, Bing Wang   +7 more
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Beyond Sexual Selection: Natural Selection Related Camouflage and Thermoregulation Shape Sexual Color Dimorphism in Diploderma Lizards

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
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Ecological Restoration Projects Adapt Response of Net Primary Productivity of Alpine Grasslands to Climate Change across the Tibetan Plateau

Remote Sensing
Alpine grassland is sensitive to climate change, and many studies have explored the trends in alpine vegetation. Most research focuses on the effects of climate warming and increased humidity on vegetation greening. However, less attention has been given
Yuling Liang, Hui Zhao, Zhengrong Yuan, Da Wei, Xiaodan Wang   +4 more
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Cenozoic Tectonics Ignite Mitochondrial Codon Innovations Propelling Canid Body Size Evolution and Transcontinental Radiations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We decode mitochondrial genomes across all extant canids, revealing lineage‐specific codon optimization driven by altitude, predation, and body size. A tripartite framework integrates geological events, metabolic constraints, and adaptive radiation to explain carnivore evolution.
Xiaoyang Wu, Xibao Wang, Yongquan Shang, Yao Chen, Haotian Cai, Tian Xia, Qinguo Wei, Weilai Sha, Honghai Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of the aboveground biomass and diversity along altitudinal gradients in alpine meadows of the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River

Xibei zhiwu xuebao
[Objective] The Yarlung Zangbo River is the most important river in the Tibetan Plateau, and the study of aboveground biomass and species diversity of the Yarlung Zangbo River is of great significance for the understanding of grassland resources and ...
ZHANG Min, WANG Xiaoli, MA Yushou, WANG Yanlong, QIN Jinping, DONG Ruizhen   +5 more
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Kaempferol Protects Intestinal Health in Chinese Forest Musk Deer Possibly by Regulating Intestinal Microbiota and Inhibiting the NF‐κB/NLRP3 Signaling Pathway

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Kaempferol modulates the tryptophan metabolism pathway by increasing the abundances of Christensenellaceae R7 group, Bacteroides, and Blautia and reducing that of Rikenellaceae RC9 gut group, thereby significantly increasing the levels of ILA and IAA. This process inhibits the activation of NF‐κB/NLRP3 signaling pathway, reduces pro‐inflammatory factor
Xiangyu Liu, Zhanjun Ren, Xiuzhu Sun, Shuhui Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

South African grassland ecology and its restoration [PDF]

, 2013
The aim of this study is to investigate how human related disturbances affect mesic grasslands. I identified what was lost from the system after a disturbance and what biological constraints ecologists and managers will face when approaching their ...
Zaloumis, Nicholas Paul
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Fluxes of CO2,CH4 and N2O from alpine grassland in the Tibetan Plateau

, 2003
Using static chamber technique,fluxes of CO2,CH4 and N2O were measured in the alpine grassland area from July 2000 to July 2001,determinations of mean fluxes showed that CO2 and N2O were generally released from the soil,while the alpine grassland ...
ZHOU Caiping, XU Xingliang, OUYANG Hua, PEI Zhiyong   +3 more
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Genomic Investigations Unveil the Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Adaptation in African Goat Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study integrates genomics and landscape genetics to analyze African goat environmental adaptation. Analyzing 1591 samples, it finds population structure differentiates geographically into four groups, with gene flow between wild Yura goats and North Africans.
Weifeng Peng, Yihua Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Lei Gao, Lili Wu, Shuping Wang, Yiyang Gao, Wanlu Shi, Kaixin Lu, Rong Deng, Junting Li, Jing Han, Xiaohui Lu, Yujie Liu, Xiaojiao Tang, Yunxia Zhang, Guoyin Li, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Xiaoyan Li   +19 more
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Driving Mechanism of Aboveground Biomass Across Three Alpine Grasslands in Central Asia over the Past 20 Years Using Three Algorithms

Remote Sensing
Aboveground biomass (AGB) is a sensitive indicator of grassland resource quality and ecological degradation. However, accurately estimating AGB at large scales to reveal long-term trends remains challenging.
Xu Wang, Yansong Li, Yanming Gong, Yanyan Liu, Jin Zhao, Kaihui Li   +5 more
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