Soil diazotrophic abundance, diversity, and community assembly mechanisms significantly differ between glacier riparian wetlands and their adjacent alpine meadows [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Global warming can trigger dramatic glacier area shrinkage and change the flux of glacial runoff, leading to the expansion and subsequent retreat of riparian wetlands. This elicits the interconversion of riparian wetlands and their adjacent ecosystems (e.
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Changes in bud bank and their correlation with plant community composition in degraded alpine meadows [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Bud banks are considered a crucial factor in regulating the species composition of grassland communities and maintaining the ecological function of alpine grasslands.
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Effects of simulated litter inputs on plant-microbe carbon pool trade-offs in degraded alpine meadows [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionLitter, as a major carbon source in alpine meadow ecosystems, seriously affect the variation of plant-microbe carbon pools in alpine meadows.
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Precipitation Alters the Effects of Temperature on the Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Alpine Meadows. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2021 Precipitation and temperature are major controls on multiple ecosystem functions in alpine grasslands. There is scant evidence for the interactive effects of temperature and precipitation changes on the ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) in alpine meadows.
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International Soil and Water Conservation ResearchGlobal climate change and overgrazing are driving shifts in the plant composition of grassland communities, which may profoundly affect the function of grassland ecosystems in regulating runoff and soil erosion.
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Diversity, functionality, and stability: shaping ecosystem multifunctionality in the successional sequences of alpine meadows and alpine steppes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceRecent investigations on the Tibetan Plateau have harnessed advancements in digital ground vegetation surveys, high temporal resolution remote sensing data, and sophisticated cloud computing technologies to delineate successional dynamics between alpine ...
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Slope aspect has an important impact on vegetation morphology, structure, and spatial distribution. However, the effects of different slope aspects on the characteristics of plant communities, and soil physical and chemical properties in alpine meadows ...
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Alpine steppe vegetation communities are more sensitive to plateau pika disturbance than alpine meadows. [PDF]
Front Plant SciIntroductionSmall herbivores are important biological factors affecting plant productivity and species richness in the grassland ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau. However, the response of different grassland types to the disturbance of the “endemic species” plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) remains unclear.MethodsIn this study, two representative ...
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Effects of Plateau Pika Disturbance on the Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation in Alpine Meadows [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Zheng Gang Guo, Guo Zheng Gang
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Grazing exclusion has been a primary ecological restoration practice since the implement of “Returning Grazing Land to Grassland” program in China. However, the debates on the effectiveness of grazing exclusion have kept for decades.
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