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Northwest Science, 2013 Abstract The importance of climate warming on forests is recognized worldwide and has increased attention on the significance of both timberline advance and alpine meadow invasion by forests. Successful seedling regeneration in alpine meadows depends on availability of suitable substrates, or microsites, for seedling establishment.
Johnson, Adelaide C., Yeakley, J. Alan
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Determinants of plant species richness in an alpine meadow [PDF]
Journal of Ecology, 2007 1.Nutrient availability, defoliation and soil disturbance are important factors that influence the richness of plant communities.
J OLOFSSON, H SHAMS
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Grazing exclusion is an effective approach to restore degraded grasslands. However, the effects of grazing exclusion on keystone species and the complexity of plant community were poorly investigated.
Yong Zhang +7 more
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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 ...
Qi-peng Zhang +5 more
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The Great Caucasus alpine belt syntaxonomy. Alpine meadows with restricted distribution
Vegetation of Russia, 2001 Alpine meadows with prevalence of perennial herbs and grasses and alpine fruticose-lichen heaths are widespread within the Great Caucasus alpine belt, 2400—3200 m above the sea level. The association Hedysaro hedysaroidis—Campanuletum collinae is met in the Western and Central Caucasus.
K. O. Korotkov, E. A. Belonovskaya
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Quantifying the Controls on Evapotranspiration Partitioning in the Highest Alpine Meadow Ecosystem [PDF]
Water Resources Research, 2020 AbstractQuantifying the transpiration fraction of evapotranspiration (T/ET) is crucial for understanding plant functionality in ecosystem water cycles, land‐atmosphere interactions, and the global water budget. However, the controls and mechanisms underlying the temporal change of T/ET remain poorly understood in arid and semiarid areas, especially for
Jiangpeng Cui +7 more
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Moderate Grazing Promotes Arthropod Species Diversity in an Alpine Meadow
Biology, 2023 Livestock grazing is an important tool used in grassland land management practices. Studies have substantially addressed the effect of grazing on plant species diversity, revealing that moderate grazing increases plant species diversity. However, few studies have dealt with the relationship between grazing and arthropod species diversity, which remains
Huanhuan Guan +6 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The riparian zone is an important ecological corridor connecting the upstream and downstream rivers. Its highly complex biological and physical environments significantly affect the biogeographical pattern of species and various ecosystem functions ...
Yaxing Zhou +7 more
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Visual analysis of alpine meadow research trends and hotspots based on VOS viewer
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 In order to reveal the overall research progress in the field of alpine meadows. In this study, a visual clustering analysis of the literature was conducted using VOS viewer software.
Weishan Lin +11 more
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Ecological IndicatorsThe carbon pool of alpine meadows exerts an important impact on global climate change. Soil carbon metabolizing microorganisms play a crucial role in the storage and stability of carbon pools in ecosystems.
Qian Liu +7 more
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