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Plant community of alpine steppe shows stronger association with soil properties than alpine meadow alongside degradation

Science of The Total Environment, 2020
The interaction between soil properties and plant community determines the efficacy to restore the degraded grassland via improving soil properties. We conducted a field survey to investigate the relationship between plant community composition and soil physical and chemical properties alongside different degradation stages of alpine grassland. Results
Fei Peng, Xian Xue, Chengyang Li, Chimin Lai, Jian Sun, Mitsuru Tsubo, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Tao Wang   +7 more
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Observation and modeling for terrestrial processes in alpine meadow

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2004
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Yao, D.L., Zhang, Q., Li, J.C., Xie, Zheng-Tong, Shen, Z.X.   +4 more
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Alpine wet meadows: soil properties’ effect on plant diversity

2018
Alpine ecosystems are a harsh environment with little nutrients and the abiotic effect that the soil has on the plant community is relatively unknown. The focus of this study is to illuminate the role that soils play in the plant diversity of alpine wet meadows.
Castro, Madeline, Machado-Perez, Fidel, Raven, Rebecca   +2 more
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Carbon balance of yak ranch in alpine meadow

Carbon Footprints
Livestock husbandry is a primary anthropogenic source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), an important geography for animal husbandry in China, and is therefore a significant contributor to the global GHG budget.
Jing Zhang, Yang Liu, Caiyu Yan, Yi Sun, Yan Zhang, Zhao Feng Wang, Shenghua Chang, Peijie Cheng, Fujiang Hou   +8 more
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Grazing affects methanotroph activity and diversity in an alpine meadow soil

Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2009
Summary The role of methane‐oxidizing bacteria (MOB) in alpine environments is poorly understood, but is of importance given the abundance of alpine environments and the role of MOB in the global carbon cycle. Using a combination of approaches we examined both seasonal and land usage effects on the ecology of ...
Guy C J, Abell, Nancy, Stralis-Pavese, Angela, Sessitsch, Levente, Bodrossy   +3 more
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Of Men and Meadows: Strategies of Alpine Land Use

Anthropological Quarterly, 1972
Mountain villages in southern Switzerland traditionally met their subsistence needs through mixed farming and herding within the environmental constraints imposed by altitude, topography, exposure to sun, and water availability. Community boundaries were clearly defined and historically stable. Exploitative technology varied little through time.
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Phylogenetic conservatism and climate factors shape flowering phenology in alpine meadows

Oecologia, 2016
The study of phylogenetic conservatism in alpine plant phenology is critical for predicting climate change impacts; currently we have a poor understanding of how phylogeny and climate factors interactively influence plant phenology. Therefore, we explored the influence of phylogeny and climate factors on flowering phenology in alpine meadows.
Lanping, Li, Zhikuo, Li, Marc W, Cadotte, Peng, Jia, Guanguang, Chen, Lanna S, Jin, Guozhen, Du   +6 more
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Plant-herbivore interactions across an alpine meadow gradient

2013
The Rocky Mountain apollo butterfly, Parnassius smintheus, and its host-plant Sedum lanceolatum, are endemic to open alpine meadows threatened by the encroachment of trees. I explore variability in interactions between P. smintheus and S. lanceolatum relative to the treeline-delimited meadow edge, and consider the consequences of continued tree ...
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[Ecomorphological explanations of passerines coexistence in alpine meadow].

Dong wu xue yan jiu = Zoological research, 2014
Species ecomorphological characteristics are the evolutionary results of selective pressures that have enabled individuals of a given species to survive and reproduce. Closely related species co-occurring in homogeneous environments should be morphologically distinct to partition limited resources, so as to minimize interspecific competition. From 1983
LIU, Li-Hua, CHEN, Xiao-Cheng, CHU, Hui, SUN, Jia-Chen, ZHANG, Xiao-Ai, ZHAO, Liang   +5 more
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Drone Research on Vegetation Destruction in Alpine Meadows—Taking an Alpine Meadow as an Example

Open Journal of Natural Science, 2023
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