Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space

AK Skidmore, NC Coops, E Neinavaz, A Ali… - Nature ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Monitoring global biodiversity from space through remotely sensing geospatial patterns has
high potential to add to our knowledge acquired by field observation. Although a framework …

Vegetation and soil responses to livestock grazing in Central Asian grasslands: a review of Chinese literature

Y Wang, K Wesche - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2016 - Springer
Grasslands in northern China and the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau are particularly important to
both ecosystem functioning and pastoral livelihoods. Although there are numerous …

[PDF][PDF] 中国草地资源的现状分析

沈海花, 朱言坤, 赵霞, 耿晓庆, 高树琴, 方精云 - 科学通报, 2016 - caaa.cn
摘要中国草地面积广阔, 自然资源丰富, 准确评估草地资源既是合理开发和利用草地的基础,
也对生态环境的保护具有重要意义. 但是, 关于中国草地面积, 生产力和承载力等本底数据至今 …

[HTML][HTML] 中国北方草地生态系统服务评估和功能区划助力生态安全屏障建设

白永飞, 赵玉金, 王扬, 周楷玲 - 中国科学院院刊, 2020 - old2022.bulletin.cas.cn
北方草地是我国重要的绿色生态屏障, 也是黄河, 长江, 澜沧江, 滦河等江河的发源地和水源涵养
区, 其对保障我国生态安全, 提升生态系统服务和生态系统稳定性具有极其重要的作用 …

Grazing intensity significantly affects belowground carbon and nitrogen cycling in grassland ecosystems: A meta‐analysis

G Zhou, X Zhou, Y He, J Shao, Z Hu, R Liu… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock grazing activities potentially alter ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles in
grassland ecosystems. Despite the fact that numerous individual studies and a few meta …

Stoichiometry of soil extracellular enzyme activity along a climatic transect in temperate grasslands of northern China

X Peng, W Wang - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Ratios of specific carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) acquisition activities
converged on 1: 1: 1 at a global scale and in tropical ecosystems. It is less clear if this …

Effects of grassland degradation on ecological stoichiometry of soil ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Y Wang, Z Ren, P Ma, Z Wang, D Niu, H Fu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Grasslands across the world are being degraded due to the impacts of overgrazing and
climate change. However, the influences of grassland degradation on carbon (C), nitrogen …

Ecological stoichiometry in leaves, roots, litters and soil among different plant communities in a desertified region of Northern China

Y Yang, BR Liu, SS An - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
Ecological stoichiometry reflects the element content and energy flow, which are important
for biogeochemical cycling in ecosystems. However, the ecological stoichiometry in leaves …

Historical landscape dynamics of Inner Mongolia: patterns, drivers, and impacts

J Wu, Q Zhang, A Li, C Liang - Landscape Ecology, 2015 - Springer
Context Understanding the causes and consequences of land use and land cover change in
drylands is crucial for global sustainability. Inner Mongolia consists of arid and semiarid …

Rate-specific responses of prokaryotic diversity and structure to nitrogen deposition in the Leymus chinensis steppe

M Yao, J Rui, J Li, Y Dai, Y Bai, P Heděnec… - Soil Biology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Serious nitrogen (N) deposition in terrestrial ecosystems causes soil acidification and
changes the structure and function of the microbial community. However, it is unclear how …