Urban nature is critical to addressing sustainability challenges. Three concepts capture the
core of this field: Urban Ecosystem Services (UES, benefits humans derived from urban …

Grassland remote sensing (GRS) is an important research topic that applies remote sensing
technology to grassland ecosystems, reflects the number of grassland resources and …

Ecological restoration is an important approach to improving landscape sustainability.
However, ecological restoration in drylands is strongly limited by water resources. Therefore …

Aim The small‐island effect (SIE), as an exception to the species–area relationship, has
received much attention in true island systems. However, the prevalence and related …

Greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause of global warming, and active
development of renewable energy has become popular in resource utilization. Wind power …

In the past two decades, the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China has experienced
dramatic habitat loss and fragmentation, and patches of remaining grassland have formed …

Reclamation has been widely used to alleviate the degradation of cultivated upland and
support the increasing grain demand. However, the response of soil ecosystem functioning …

ABSTRACT The legendary Mongolian Plateau has faced increasing environmental
challenges associated with overgrazing, and achieving a sustainability transition for this …

Vulnerability analysis is important for enhancing sustainability, especially for highly
interlinked pastoral socio-ecological systems. This study presents a modified …

Understanding the grassland ecosystem is crucial for improving grassland ecosystem
functions and services such as climate regulation, water and soil conservation, carbon …