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Understanding Alpine Meadow Ecosystems

2016
This chapter introduces the alpine meadow and its distribution in the headwater region of the Yellow River, including subtypes of alpine meadow, species composition and productivity, soil types and their properties. Various views on causes of grassland degradation are summarized.
Youming Qiao, Zhonghua Duan
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Grazing influences biomass production and protein content of alpine meadows

Science of The Total Environment, 2022
Alpine grasslands are essential for carbon sequestration and food supply for domestic and wild herbivores inhabiting mountainous areas worldwide. These biomes, however, are alternatively threatened by the abandonment of agricultural and livestock practices leading to a fast-growing shrubification process while other mountain grasslands are suffering ...
Laia, Jarque-Bascuñana, Juan Antonio, Calleja, Miguel, Ibañez, Jordi, Bartolomé, Elena, Albanell, Johan, Espunyes, Arturo, Gálvez-Cerón, Josep María, López-Martín, Miriam, Villamuelas, Diana, Gassó, Xavier, Fernández-Aguilar, Andreu, Colom-Cadena, Jennifer Adams, Krumins, Emmanuel, Serrano   +13 more
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Nitrogen dynamics of alpine swamp meadows are less responsive to climate warming than that of alpine meadows

Science of The Total Environment
The freeze-thaw cycle mediates permafrost soil hydrothermal status, nitrogen (N) mineralization, and loss. Furthermore, it affects root development and competition among nitrophilic and other species, shaping the pattern of N distribution in alpine ecosystems.
Xiaopeng, Chen, Genxu, Wang, Na, Li, Ruiying, Chang, Tao, Zhang, Tianxu, Mao, Chunlin, Song, Kewei, Huang   +7 more
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The phytosociology of some alpine meadows in N.W. Himalayas

Vegetatio, 1971
Phytosociological studies of certain meadows occurring above the tree line in N.W. Himalayas have been made. A close relationship of the ground cover with moisture, the thickness of soil cover and the amount and retention period of snow has been observed.
V. Kaul, Y. K. Sarin
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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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Drought limits alpine meadow productivity in northern Tibet

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2021
Abstract Under global climate change, warmer temperatures and changing precipitation patterns will increase the relative importance of soil and atmospheric droughts in limiting productivities across different ecosystems, especially in the fragile and sensitive ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau.
Mingjie Xu, Tao Zhang, Yangjian Zhang, Ning Chen, Juntao Zhu, Yongtao He, Tingting Zhao, Guirui Yu   +7 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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Primary Productivity of Alpine Meadow Communities

1975
The plant biomass and the production of tundra areas may vary strongly between plant communities (Bliss, 1962; Rodin and Bazilevich, 1967; Wielgolaski and Rosswall, 1972; Brzoska, 1973; Bliss and Wielgolaski, 1973; Perkins et al., 1975), and also between years.
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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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