Warming reduced flowering synchrony and extended community flowering season in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3862
Abstract: The timing of phenological events is highly sensitive to climate change, and may influence ecosystem structure and function. Although changes in flowering phenology among species under climate change have been reported widely, how species-specific shifts… read more here.
Keywords: alpine meadow; phenology; flowering phenology; flowering synchrony ... See more keywords
CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau as affected by N-addition and grazing exclusion
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DOI: 10.1007/s10705-020-10062-0
Abstract: Limited understanding of the effects of enhanced nitrogen (N) addition and grazing exclusion (E) on greenhouse gases fluxes (GHGs: CO2, CH4, and N2O) in grasslands constrains our ability to respond to the challenges of future… read more here.
Keywords: alpine meadow; addition; addition grazing; co2 ... See more keywords
Warming and grazing interact to affect root dynamics in an alpine meadow
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DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04681-3
Abstract: Root dynamics plays a fundamental role in determining carbon allocation and other main ecological processes in grasslands. Understanding the responses of root activities to ongoing warming in grazed alpine meadows enable us to predict the… read more here.
Keywords: alpine meadow; warming grazing; root dynamics; root ... See more keywords
Degradation leads to dramatic decrease in topsoil but not subsoil root biomass in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China
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DOI: 10.1007/s40333-020-0074-x
Abstract: Understanding the effects of degradation on belowground biomass (BGB) is essential for assessment of carbon budget of the alpine meadow ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau, China. This ecosystem has been undergoing serious degradation owing to… read more here.
Keywords: alpine meadow; soil; degradation; tibetan plateau ... See more keywords
Response of ammonium oxidizers to the application of nitrogen fertilizer in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.11.018
Abstract: Abstract The alpine meadows in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is an ecosystem sensitive to environmental changes. As part of a study on global climate change and the effects of N precipitation on soil microbiota, we fingerprinted ammonium… read more here.
Keywords: alpine meadow; tibetan plateau; qinghai tibetan;
Different responses of soil C:N:P stoichiometry to stocking rate and nitrogen addition level in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103961
Abstract: Abstract Livestock grazing and nitrogen (N) deposition influenced most grasslands in the world by affecting the element contents and their stoichiometry in soil. Although the individual effects of grazing or N deposition on soil nutrients… read more here.
Keywords: stocking rate; soil; alpine meadow; addition ... See more keywords
Soil and plant community characteristics under long-term continuous grazing of different intensities in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan plateau
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2019.05.012
Abstract: Abstract Soil and community characteristics, and their driving factors, were poorly understood in terms of grazing intensity in alpine meadow regions on the Tibetan plateau. We investigated the soil properties and plant communities between areas… read more here.
Keywords: soil; alpine meadow; community characteristics; long term ... See more keywords
Responses of soil organic carbon and nutrient stocks to human-induced grassland degradation in a Tibetan alpine meadow
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.03.001
Abstract: Abstract Alpine meadow degradation is a major environmental problem in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China. While it is expanding at a rapid pace, quantitative information on the effect of grassland degradation on soil properties remains… read more here.
Keywords: vegetation cover; soil; alpine meadow; meadow ... See more keywords
Effects of grazing disturbance on plant diversity, community structure and direction of succession in an alpine meadow on Tibet Plateau, China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2018.02.007
Abstract: Abstract To elucidate the effects of grazing intensity and grazing time on plant diversity and community structure, as well as the successional differentiation in an alpine meadow, a controlled grazing trial, with six grazing intensities… read more here.
Keywords: alpine meadow; plant; plant diversity; diversity community ... See more keywords
Plant nitrogen concentration is more sensitive in response to degradation than phosphorus concentration in alpine meadow
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106323
Abstract: Abstract Exploring the early warning signals of plant and soil characteristics in response to degradation is of great theoretical significance to illuminate the underlying driving mechanism of alpine meadow degradation. Here, in alpine meadow of… read more here.
Keywords: degradation; concentration; alpine meadow; plant ... See more keywords
A growing season climatic index to simulate gross primary productivity and carbon budget in a Tibetan alpine meadow
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.064
Abstract: Accurate estimation of gross primary production (GPP) of ecosystem is needed to evaluate terrestrial carbon cycle at various spatial and temporal scales. Eddy covariance (EC) technique provides continuous measurements of net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE)… read more here.
Keywords: alpine meadow; gross primary; gpp; carbon ... See more keywords