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Simulating the route of the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road for one branch of the Silk Road across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

PLoS ONE, 2019
As the only route formed in the inner Qinghai-Tibet plateau, the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road promoted the extension of the Overland Silk Roads to the inner Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Considering the Complex geographical and environmental factors of inner Qinghai-
Zhuoma Lancuo, Guangliang Hou, Changjun Xu, Yuying Liu, Yan Zhu, Wen Wang, Yongkun Zhang   +6 more
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Review of risk factors for human echinococcosis prevalence on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: a prospective for control options [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: Echinococcosis is a major parasitic zoonosis of public health importance in western China. In 2004, the Chinese Ministry of Health estimated that 380,000 people had the disease in the region. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is highly co-endemic with
A Bulletin of Status Quo of Desertification and Sandification in China, B Rosner, China Ministry of Agriculture, CM Budke, CM Budke, DA Vuitton, DL He, DZ Shi, H Wang, H Wang, H Wang, H Wang, J Eckert, JG He, JL Zhang, JM Qiu, JX Zhang, LIWK SHI DZ, MOH (Ministry of Health, China), N Xiao, P Craig, P Giraudoux, P Giraudoux, PM Schantz, PR Torgerson, PS Craig, PS Craig, Q Wang, Q Wang, Q Wang, Q Wang, Q Wang, Q Wang, Q Zheng, QY Li, RCA Thompson, RW Ammann, SH Wang, TY Li, W Yu, WJ Yu, World Health Organization, XH Gong, Xinhuanews, XM Han, XM Han, XN Zhou, Y Bai, Y Dong, YK Pang, YL Zhang, YM Zhao, YZ Qi, ZS Pawłowski   +53 more
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The fusion of multiple scale data indicates that the carbon sink function of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is substantial

Carbon Balance and Management, 2023
Background The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the “sensitive area” of climate change, and also the “driver” and “amplifier” of global change. The response and feedback of its carbon dynamics to climate change will significantly affect the content of greenhouse
Jingyu Zeng, Tao Zhou, Yixin Xu, Qiaoyu Lin, E. Tan, Yajie Zhang, Xuemei Wu, Jingzhou Zhang, Xia Liu   +8 more
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Drought events and their effects on vegetation productivity in China [PDF]

, 2016
Many parts of the world have experienced frequent and severe droughts during the last few decades. Most previous studies examined the effects of specific drought events on vegetation productivity.
Belward A. S., Hao Z., IPCC, Liu Z., Ma Z., Palmer W. C., Song L., Wei J., Zhai P., Zou X. K.   +9 more
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Dynamic Assessment of Agricultural Drought Risk in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 2000 to 2018

Renmin Zhujiang, 2022
In the context of global warming and climate change,drought poses a serious threat to agricultural production.The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a “sensor” and “sensitive area” of climate change.Researching the agricultural drought risk of the Qinghai-Tibet ...
LIU Guonie, LIANG Yuanyuan, QIU Yue, XIA Jingxia, DING Mengyao, SUN Peng   +5 more
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Migration, Risk and Livelihoods: A Chinese Case [PDF]

, 2010
China has turned from a ‘low risk’ to a ‘high risk’ society since the start of the market reforms in the late 1970s. Market, while bringing diverse livelihood opportunities to rural people, has simultaneously distributed risks, and the exposure and ...
Zhang, H.X.
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Thermal state of the active layer and permafrost along the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Railway from 2006 to 2010 [PDF]

, 2012
In this study, we investigated changes in active layer thickness (ALT) and permafrost temperatures at different depths using data from the permafrost monitoring network along the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Railway (QXR) since 2005.
Q. Wu, T. Zhang, Y. Liu
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang, Yadong Yang, Yongsheng Wang, Guirui Yu   +3 more
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Qinghai–tibetan plateau peatland sustainable utilization under anthropogenic disturbances and climate change [PDF]

, 2017
Often referred to as the “Third Pole,” China's Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau developed large amounts of peatland owing to its unique alpine environment. As a renewable resource, peat helps to regulate the climate as well as performing other important functions.
Chen, H, Dong, F, He, Y, Meng, Q, Peng, C, Shi, S, Wu, N, Xi, T, Yang, G, Yang, Y, Zeng, X, Zhang, Y, Zhu, D, Zhu, Q   +13 more
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Dietary Glutamine Supplementation Alleviated Rumen Epithelium Oxidative Damage and Apoptosis Induced by Feed Restriction via Maintaining Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Female Yaks

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Dietary glutamine (Gln) supplementation increased the ATP levels and promoted cell proliferation in the rumen epithelium of feed‐restricted yaks. Besides, Gln inhibited ROS accumulation and reduced oxidative damage and apoptosis in the rumen epithelium of feed‐restricted yaks.
Ziqi Yue, Shanpeng Ke, Liyuan Shi, Rui Hu, Zhisheng Wang, Quanhui Peng, Huawei Zou, Jianxin Xiao, Yahui Jiang, Fali Wu, Yiping Tang   +10 more
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