Abstract Grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) foster biodiversity, store carbon,
maintain productivity and support pastoral livelihoods. These systems are being altered by …

Grazing and global change (eg, warming, nitrogen deposition, and altered precipitation)
both contribute to biodiversity loss and alter ecosystem structure and functioning. However …

The structure and function of plant communities in alpine meadow ecosystems are
potentially susceptible to climate warming. Here, we utilized a unique field manipulation …

Climate warming may induce substantial changes in ecosystem carbon cycle, particularly for
those climate-sensitive regions, such as alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. By …

Abstract Changes in ecological processes over time in ambient treatments are often larger
than the responses to manipulative treatments in climate change experiments. However, the …

Purpose Soil acidification influences competitive N uptake between plants and
microorganisms. The mechanisms by which soil acidification affects competition between …

Purpose Chemical niche differentiation and changes in the dominance of plant species have
been proposed as mechanisms for the coexistence of different types of plants. We explored …

Nitrogen (N) uptake by plant roots from soil is the largest flux within the terrestrial N cycle.
Despite its significance, a comprehensive analysis of plant uptake for inorganic and organic …

Leaf senescence is the final stage in the life cycle of leaves and is critical to plants' fitness as
well as to ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling. To date, most understanding about the …

Plant growth is mainly N‐limited in the alpine grasslands because of slow mineralization of
soil organic matter due to low air temperature. Different plant species dominate in soils of …