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Do roads lead to grassland degradation or restoration? A case study in Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
, 2011 We use satellite remote sensing data of grassland cover in Inner Mongolia, China to test whether the existence of and the size of roads in 1995 is associated with the nature of the grassland in 2000 and/or if it affects the rate of change of the ...
Deng, Xiangzheng +4 more
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Agronomy, 2023 Central Asia is one of the most sensitive regions to climate changes in the world and the grassland degradation of this region has attracted considerable concern.
Yue Yang +7 more
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Soil structural degradation and nutrient limitations across land use categories and climatic zones in Southern Africa [PDF]
, 2019 Although soil degradation is a major threat to food security and carbon sequestration, our knowledge of the spatial extent of the problem and its drivers is very limited in Southern Africa.
Kihara, Job +6 more
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Elevated CO2 and Warming Altered Grassland Microbial Communities in Soil Top-Layers. [PDF]
, 2018 As two central issues of global climate change, the continuous increase of both atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global temperature has profound effects on various terrestrial ecosystems.
Deng, Ye +10 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Alpine grassland is the main ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Degradation and restoration of alpine grassland are related to ecosystem function and production, livelihood, and wellbeing of local people.
Jiale Yu +15 more
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Changes in plant species richness distribution in Tibetan alpine grasslands under different precipitation scenarios [PDF]
, 2020 Species richness is the core of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research. Nevertheless, it is difficult to accurately predict changes in plant species richness under different climate scenarios, especially in alpine biomes.
He, Yongtao +5 more
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Vegetation NDVI Linked to Temperature and Precipitation in the Upper Catchments of Yellow River [PDF]
, 2012 Vegetation in the upper catchment of Yellow River is critical for the ecological stability of the whole watershed. The dominant vegetation cover types in this region are grassland and forest, which can strongly influence the eco-environmental status of ...
Hao, F. +4 more
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Automatic Grassland Degradation Estimation Using Deep Learning [PDF]
Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2019 Grassland degradation estimation is essential to prevent global land desertification and sandstorms. Typically, the key to such estimation is to measure the coverage of indicator plants. However, traditional methods of estimation rely heavily on human eyes and manual labor, thus inevitably leading to subjective results and high labor costs. In contrast,
Xiyu Yan +8 more
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Journal of Arid Environments, 2022 Shrub encroachment is one of the major phenomena of grassland degradation throughout the world. One of the largest grassland areas is found in Central Asia. This area is playing an important role for biodiversity and food security, especially in a context of climate change.
Elizaveta Khazieva +2 more
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Restoration of Degraded Grassland Significantly Improves Water Storage in Alpine Grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Alpine grassland has very important water conservation function. Grassland degradation seriously affects the water conservation function; moreover, there is little understanding of the change of water state during grassland restoration. Our study aims to bridge this gap and improve our understanding of changes in soil moisture during the restoration ...
Xiaowei Guo +16 more
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