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Dynamics and interactions of soil moisture and temperature during degradation and restoration of alpine swamp meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Soil temperature (ST) and soil moisture (SM) are two fundamental land surface variables that directly or indirectly affect the processes and functions of alpine ecosystems.
Guankui Ma, Yongkun Zhang, Hang Li, Yongsheng Yang, Runjie Li, Runjie Li   +5 more
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Suitable habitat of Himalayan wolf in Upper Mustang, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Decades ago, the Himalayan wolf Canis lupus chanco, a genetically distinct sub‐species of the gray wolf Canis lupus, faced persecution by local communities in the Nepalese Himalayas. Recently, wolf populations have returned and recolonized, sparking concerns about conflicts over livestock depredation, and emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive ...
Deu Bahadur Rana, Jhamak Bahadur Karki, HimLal Shrestha, Thakur Silwal, Bikash Ghimire, Bikram Shrestha   +5 more
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The microbially mediated soil organic carbon loss under degenerative succession in an alpine meadow [PDF]

, 2017
Land-cover change has long been recognized as having marked effect on the amount of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the microbially mediated processes and mechanisms on SOC are still unclear.
Zhang, Yuguang, Deng, Ye, Wang, Xiulei, Lu, Hui, Xiulei Wang, Li, Diqiang, Ye Deng, Diqiang Li, Liu, Xiao, Jizhong Zhou, Xiao Liu, Hui Lu, Huaqun Yin, Yuyu Sheng, Cong, Jing, Zhou, Jizhong, Sheng, Yuyu, Liu, Xueduan, Yin, Huaqun, Jing Cong, Xueduan Liu, Yuguang Zhang   +21 more
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The wolf is back! Non‐consumptive effects of the return of a large carnivore on the use of supplementary feeding sites by roe deer

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Understanding how prey species tradeoff predation risk and resource acquisition is particularly important for advancing our knowledge of predator–prey relationships. We investigated this by studying the use of concentrated anthropogenic resources, namely supplementary feeding sites, by roe deer Capreolus capreolus before and after grey wolf Canis lupus
Federico Ossi, Moniek Heurman, Arnaud Bruat, Charlotte Vanderlocht, Benjamin Robira, Nathan Ranc, Simone Dal Farra, Francesca Cagnacci   +7 more
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GRAZING DISTURBANCES MEDIATE SPECIES COMPOSITION OF ALPINE MEADOW BASED ON SEED SIZE

, 2009
Seed size has been considered a key factor influencing the dynamics of plant communities, but few empirical, within-community predictions have been made based on seed size.
Wu Gao-Lin, Cheng Ji-Men, Li Xiao-Peng, Wu, GL   +3 more
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Dynamic rhizosphere C:N:P stoichiometry of plants, soils and microbial biomass under different grazing patterns

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Analysing grassland ecological stoichiometry is crucial for evaluating ecosystem quality and health via energy flow and elemental equilibrium. Grazing is a dominant human activity shaping alpine grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), yet few studies have used ...
Mingxu Zhang, Jinpeng Hu, Bin Zhang, Xiaoxia Yang, Quanmin Dong, Jinlin Zhang   +5 more
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Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Physical and Anthropogenic Factors on Vegetation Spatial-Temporal Variation in Northern Tibet

Remote Sensing, 2019
The alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers an area of about 1/3 of China’s total grassland area and plays a crucial role in regulating grassland ecological functions.
Qinwei Ran, Yanbin Hao, Anquan Xia, Wenjun Liu, Ronghai Hu, Xiaoyong Cui, Kai Xue, Xiaoning Song, Cong Xu, Boyang Ding, Yanfen Wang   +10 more
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Artificial Management Improves Soil Moisture, C, N and P in an Alpine Sandy Meadow of Western China

, 2011
Regeneration of degraded grassland ecosystems is a significant issue in restoration ecology globally. To understand the effects of artificial management measures on alpine meadows, we surveyed topsoil properties including moisture, organic carbon (SOC ...
Zhao Ling-Ping, Wu Gao-Lin, Wu, GL, Li Wei   +3 more
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Nitrogen addition alters adaptive strategies of a dominant plant species in an alpine meadow via shifts in traits and trait coordination

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Nitrogen (N) deposition significantly impacts plant functional traits in alpine meadows, yet the adaptive strategies of dominant species remain unclear. Understanding these strategies is crucial for predicting alpine grassland vegetation changes and ecosystem ...
Hao Shen, Shikui Dong, Hanzhong Zheng, Qiyun Wang   +3 more
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A thermal conductivity model for alpine meadow soils on the Tibetan Plateau and validation analysis

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Under the background of global warming, natural disasters such as landslides and mudslides are becoming more frequent on the Tibetan Plateau. It is important to study the thermal behavior of alpine meadow soils, which are widely distributed on the ...
Zhihong Zhang, Min Hou, Fuchu Dai
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