Abstract The Tibetan Plateau hosts the world's largest alpine pastoral ecosystems,
dominated by the endemic sedges Kobresia pygmaea and Kobresia humilis. Owing to the …

Grasslands in northern China and the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau are particularly important to
both ecosystem functioning and pastoral livelihoods. Although there are numerous …

Climate change and anthropogenic activities are two factors that have important effects on
the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems, but it is almost impossible to fully separate them at …

Permafrost soils store large amounts of carbon. Warming can result in carbon release from
thawing permafrost, but it can also lead to enhanced primary production, which can increase …

As the largest ecosystem of China, the desert ecosystem and the desertification-prone
region (DPR) occupies 44% of China's land area. The past, present, and the future of …

Understanding the impact of high-altitude flash droughts on vegetation net primary
productivity (NPP) is crucially important for ecosystem management. Here, we investigated …

Understanding the changes in vegetation parameters and soil nutrients in the different
stages of grasslands degradation and recovery is crucial for assessing and restoring …

Temperature and precipitation are primary regulators of plant phenology. However, our
knowledge of how these factors might interact to affect plant phenology is incomplete. The …

The soil microbial community plays an important role in terrestrial carbon and nitrogen
cycling. However, microbial responses to climate warming or cooling remain poorly …

Grazing exclusion has been proposed as a choice for restoring degraded grasslands on the
Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, but its effects on soil properties are not clear. The present study …