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Soil erosion in the Alps : causes and risk assessment [PDF]

, 2010
The issue of soil erosion in the Alps has long been neglected due to the low economic value of the agricultural land. However, soil stability is a key parameter which affects ecosystem services like slope stability, water budgets (drinking water ...
Meusburger, Katrin
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Responses of carbon dynamics to grazing exclusion in natural alpine grassland ecosystems on the QingZang Plateau

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
In the context of “Carbon Emissions Peak” and “Carbon Neutrality”, grazing exclusion (GE) has been applied widely to rehabilitate degraded grasslands and increase carbon sequestration.
Tianyuan Liu, Jian Sun, Youchao Chen, Tiancai Zhou, Hua Shang, Yingxin Wang, Yingxin Wang, Junxi Wu, Qi Mi, Jintao Zhang, Wen He, Le Sun   +11 more
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Adaptive management for alpine grassland of the Tibetan Plateau based on a multi-criteria assessment

Frontiers in Plant Science
With the increasing threats of global climate change and human activities to terrestrial ecosystems, understanding the quality of alpine grassland ecosystems and their influencing factors is fundamental for effective ecosystem management and improving ...
Tianyu Zhan, Tianyu Zhan, Shurong Zhang, Shurong Zhang, Wenwu Zhao, Wenwu Zhao   +5 more
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Classification of alpine grasslands in the western Tian Shan Mountains (Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia)

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2023
In this paper, we present the first syntaxonomic classification of alpine grasslands in the western Tian Shan Mountains (Kyrgyzstan) with some remarks on its environmental gradients. A total of 251 relevés were sampled in 2015-2022 using the seven-degree
Grzegorz Swacha, Sebastian Świerszcz, Sylwia Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Arkadiusz Nowak   +4 more
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Impacts of management practices on soil organic carbon in degraded alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2014
Grassland soil organic carbon (SOC) is sensitive to anthropogenic activities. Increased anthropogenic disturbance related to overgrazing has led to widespread alpine grassland degradation on the Tibetan Plateau.
X. F. Chang, X. X. Zhu, S. P. Wang, S. J. Cui, C. Y. Luo, Z. H. Zhang, A. Wilkes   +6 more
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Studying the Influence of Nitrogen Deposition, Precipitation, Temperature, and Sunshine in Remotely Sensed Gross Primary Production Response in Switzerland

Remote Sensing, 2019
Climate, soil type, and management practices have been reported as primary limiting factors of gross primary production (GPP). However, the extent to which these factors predict GPP response varies according to scales and land cover classes. Nitrogen (N)
Marta Gómez Giménez, Rogier de Jong, Armin Keller, Beat Rihm, Michael E. Schaepman   +4 more
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Differential effects of topography on the timing of the growing season in mountainous grassland ecosystems

Environmental Advances, 2022
Grasslands in mountainous areas often show distinct responses in the timing of their growing season in relation to topographical variation. However, it is unclear which factors of topography (elevation, aspect, and slope) affect which phases of the ...
Xiaobin Hua, Ralf Ohlemüller, Pascal Sirguey   +2 more
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The assembly of plant–patch networks in Mediterranean alpine grasslands

, 2020
We thank C. Díaz Palomo for his technical assistance in this work, M. de la Cruz for his useful suggestions on R language, L. De Hond for her linguistic assistance and the Staff of the Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama for permission to work in ...
Sánchez Pescador, David, Losapio, Gianalberto, Iriondo, José María, Escudero, Adrián   +3 more
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Vegetation Characteristics of the Main Grassland Types in China Respond Differently to the Duration of Enclosure: A Meta-Analysis

Agronomy, 2023
Enclosure is one of the useful measures to protect and restore degraded grasslands, and it is widely used around the world. The vegetation characteristics of grasslands directly reflect the recovery status of degraded grasslands; however, conflicting ...
Cheng Liu, Hui Li, Kesi Liu, Xinqing Shao, Jing Huang, Muji Siri, Changliang Feng, Xiaomeng Yang   +7 more
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Contrasting belowground bud banks and their driving factors between alpine and temperate grasslands in China

Global Ecology and Conservation
Despite playing a fundamental role in plant population dynamics, the considerable variability and control of belowground bud banks in grasslands currently remain unknown globally.
Mi Zhang, Na Wang, Zhenya Liu, Xiaobing Yang, Yi Jiang, Derong Xiao   +5 more
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