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Management of re‐established artificial grasslands via grazing or fencing: Effects on plant and soil properties

Grassland Research, 2023
Background Revegetation is widely used in degraded grassland restoration. However, the responses of grassland plant and soil properties to fencing (FC) and grazing (GZ) remain poorly understood, especially the vegetation–soil coupling coordination (Cd ...
Jing Cao, Yiping Chen, Yao Jiang, Jingshu Chen, Junhua Wu   +4 more
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Estimating Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Contents of West–East Grassland Transect in Inner Mongolia Based on Sentinel-2 and Meteorological Data

Remote Sensing, 2022
Estimating the carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) contents of a large-span grassland transect is essential for evaluating ecosystem functioning and monitoring biogeochemical cycles.
Haiyang Pang, Aiwu Zhang, Shengnan Yin, Jiaxin Zhang, Gang Dong, Nianpeng He, Wenxuan Qin, Dandan Wei   +7 more
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Tailoring Multifunctional Carbon Dots via Precursor Stoichiometry: Switching Between Solid‐State Fluorescence and Broadband Absorption Through Aggregation Control

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Precursor stoichiometry programs the surface chemistry of carbon dots, directing their self‐assembly into distinct aggregation modes. Aldehyde‐enriched surfaces form ordered, hydrogen‐bonded assemblies that enable bright red solid‐state fluorescence, whereas amine‐rich surfaces promote compact π–π stacked aggregates with broadband visible‐light ...
Gaixia Yang, Hao Sun, Defa Hou, Fulin Yang, Yuan Zou, Bei Zhou, Lanxiang Liu, Xu Lin, Guanben Du   +8 more
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Assessment of Grassland Ecosystem Service Value in Response to Climate Change in China

Diversity, 2022
The assessment of ecosystem services provides an intuitive source of information on the benefits humans derive from ecosystems. The equivalent factor method was applied to calculate the ecosystem service value (ESV) in combination with net primary ...
Yuqing Xu, Fengjin Xiao, Yaoming Liao
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Closed‐Loop Radiative Cooling Mulch Upcycled From Agricultural Residues for Efficient Soil Heat–Water Stress Mitigation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Conventional passive radiative cooling films rely on costly feedstocks and energy‐intensive fabrication, with poor end‐of‐life compatibility in agriculture. To address this challenge, a sustainable radiative cooling mulch (SRCM) is developed from waste maize leaves via spontaneous hydrogen‐bond self‐assembly.
Hao Li, Dong Lv, Yang Fu, Cancheng Jiang, Wenqi Wang, Ze Li, Lin Liang, Jiayu Du, Jie Tan, Yihao Zhu, Wenjie Liu, Lamfeddal Kouisni, Kaixin Lin, Chi Yan Tso   +13 more
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High Tree Species Diversity Promotes Thermal Enhancement Response of Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Predicting soil carbon dynamics under warming is constrained by limited understanding of microbial thermal adaptation, particularly whether microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) can adapt to warming and how plant diversity modulates this response. Using soils from a natural tree species diversity gradient in a subtropical forest, we combined a
Pengpeng Duan, Changqing Ye, Xinyi Yang, Chaoqun Wang, Wolfgang Wanek, Jian‐sheng Ye, Hongzhao Yuan, Hu Du, Kongcao Xiao, Xunyang He, Kelin Wang, Dejun Li   +11 more
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Stability and purity of selected ryegrass Epichloë endophytes in New Zealand dairy pastures

Grassland Research
Background Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in New Zealand pastures is typically infected with the mutualist Epichloë fungal endophyte. This endophyte assists the plant in resisting biotic and abiotic stresses, but the standard strain of endophyte is ...
David E. Hume, Dongwen Luo, Grant M. Rennie, Warren M. King, Anna L. Taylor, Marty J. Faville, Katherine N. Tozer   +6 more
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Groundwater Rise Sustains the World's Largest Alpine Water System Under Global Warming

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Shallow groundwater depth (SGWD) across the non‐permafrost plains of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau decreased at averagely 0.02 m year−1, adding 31.44 Gt of freshwater storage from 2000 to 2020 and sustaining ∼53 500 km2 of alpine ecosystems. A vadose‐zone capacity of 426.6 Gt reveals these aquifers as promising reservoirs, highlighting groundwater's ...
Jianqing Du, Zhixiang Niu, Yanfen Wang, Shirui Zhou, Youqing Yang, Xiang Wei, Haishan Niu, Yitao Zhang, Anquan Xia, Yali Liu, Yanbin Hao, Kai Xue, Bingfang Wu, Xinquan Zhao, Tandong Yao, Yiyu Chen   +15 more
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Genotype × environment interaction patterns of dry matter yield in meadow brome, orchardgrass, tall fescue, and timothy evaluated at harsh winter sites

Grassland Research
Background Genotype × environment interaction (GEI) slows genetic gains and complicates selection decisions in plant breeding programs. Forage breeding program seed sales often encompass large geographic regions to which the cultivars may not be adapted.
Joseph G. Robins, Bill Biligetu, Annie Claessens, Nityananda Khanal, Sean R. Asselin, Michael P. Schellenberg   +5 more
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
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