Intense grazing may lead to grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, but it is
difficult to predict where this will occur and to quantify it. Based on a process-based …

The effect of grassland utilization and management changes (grassland transformations)
may change soil carbon storage even to carbon emission. Grassland types may present a …

Using natural succession to restore degraded grassland is mainly achieved by self-adjusting
the structure and relationship of the internal components of grassland ecosystems …

The alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been seriously degraded due to
human activities and climate change in recent decades. Understanding the changes of the …

Land degradation has become one of the most critical environmental and socioeconomic
issues in the world, particularly in Central Asia. Moreover, the realization of Land …

Global climate warming and shifts in rainfall patterns are expected to trigger increases in the
frequency and magnitude of drought and/or waterlogging stress in plants. To cope with …

The replacement of dominant sedges/grasses with secondary forbs is common in alpine
rangelands, but the underlying plant ecological strategies and their relevance to leaf traits …

Landscape heterogeneity is a comprehensive reflection of spatial patch and gradient, which
is an important feature of landscape pattern. The China land use/cover dataset (CLUD) with …

The interaction between soil properties and plant community determines the efficacy to
restore the degraded grassland via improving soil properties. We conducted a field survey to …

Grassland degradation is a complex process and cannot be thoroughly measured by a
single indicator, such as fractional vegetation cover (FVC), aboveground biomass (AGB), or …