Grassland changes and adaptive management on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

Y Wang, W Lv, K Xue, S Wang, L Zhang, R Hu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) foster biodiversity, store carbon,
maintain productivity and support pastoral livelihoods. These systems are being altered by …

Carbon and nitrogen cycling on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

H Chen, P Ju, Q Zhu, X Xu, N Wu, Y Gao… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has experienced atmospheric warming,
cryosphere thaw and intensified human activities since the 1970s. These changes have had …

Increasing contribution of microbial residues to soil organic carbon in grassland restoration chronosequence

Y Yang, Y Dou, B Wang, Y Wang, C Liang, S An… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Grassland restoration across the world increases soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration
which is critical for global C cycling and CO 2 removal from the atmosphere. However, the …

Enhancing sustainability of grassland ecosystems through ecological restoration and grazing management in an era of climate change on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

S Dong, Z Shang, J Gao, RB Boone - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The grassland ecosystems cover above 60% of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and provide
important ecosystem services and functions at local and regional scales. However, both …

The impact of land use and land cover changes on the landscape pattern and ecosystem service value in Sanjiangyuan region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

X Duan, Y Chen, L Wang, G Zheng, T Liang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Decades of intensifying human activities have caused dramatic changes in land use and
land cover (LULC) in the ecologically fragile areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which have …

Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia

X Cao, F Tian, U Herzschuh, J Ni, Q Xu… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the history and regional singularities of human impact on vegetation is key to
developing strategies for sustainable ecosystem management. In this study, fossil and …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial functional changes mark irreversible course of Tibetan grassland degradation

A Breidenbach, PM Schleuss, S Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau's Kobresia pastures store 2.5% of the world's soil organic
carbon (SOC). Climate change and overgrazing render their topsoils vulnerable to …

[图书][B] Open ecosystems: ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge

WJ Bond - 2019 - books.google.com
This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Microbial carbon use efficiency in different ecosystems: A meta‐analysis based on a biogeochemical equilibrium model

P He, Y Zhang, Q Shen, N Ling… - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is a crucial parameter that can be used to
evaluate the partitioning of soil carbon (C) between microbial growth and respiration …

[HTML][HTML] Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost

TA Ehlers, D Chen, E Appel, T Bolch, F Chen… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere
are most active in the critical zone, a region extending from the tops of trees to the top of …