Abstract With 450,000 km 2 Kobresia (syn. Carex) pygmaea dominated pastures in the
eastern Tibetan highlands are the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem forming a …

Rangelands of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau (QTP), although sparsely populated and
contributing little to China's overall economy, play an important environmental role …

The Palaearctic steppes range from the Mediterranean basin towards China, forming one of
the largest continuous terrestrial biomes. The literature on steppe ecology and conservation …

A Guide to the Mammals of China is an outgrowth of the desire of the Biodiversity Working
Group (BWG) of the China Council for International Cooperation in Environment and …

The world's grassland ecosystems are shaped in part by a key functional group of social,
burrowing, herbivorous mammals. Through herbivory and ecosystem engineering they …

Wildlife is reservoir of emerging viruses. Here we identified 27 families of mammalian
viruses from 1981 wild animals and 194 zoo animals collected from south China between …

Grasslands are the dominant landscape in China, accounting for 40% of the national land
area. Research concerning China's grassland ecosystems can be chronologically …

Construction behaviour occurs across the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom and affects
the survival of both builders and other organisms associated with them. Animal Architecture …

Abstract Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius), Saker falcon (Falco cherrug), and Himalayan
vulture (Gyps himalayensis) are three common large raptors in the Sanjiangyuan National …

The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with low precipitation, low oxygen partial pressure, and
temperatures routinely dropping below− 30° C in winter, presents several physiological …