Interactions between crops and livestock have been at the core of the evolution of many
agricultural systems. In this paper, we identify the development and characteristics of mixed …

The farming-pastoral ecotone of northern China (FPENC) is a fragile ecosystem that
severely suffers from the acute contradiction between population growth and limited land …

Litter decomposition and N release are the key processes that strongly determine the
nutrient cycling at the soil–plant interface; however, how these processes are affected by …

Biological soil crust (BSC) exists widely in many kinds of grassland, its effect on soil
mineralization in grazing systems has well been studied, but the impacts and threshold of …

Growth strategies of plant populations plays an important role in biodiversity and productivity
of community while over half 77% of global terrestrial ecosystem is used for grazing and …

The conversion of paddy cropping to vegetable production and other crops is a common
agricultural practice, driven by economic benefits. However, soil carbon emissions and …

Grass cover in orchards has been proposed as a sustainable management system with
greater ecological and economic benefits than open pastures. However, few studies have …

Deep soil resources are essential for improving the production and ecological functions of
dryland ecosystems. Relationships between deep soil water depletion and carbon and …

Soil moisture (SM) affects ecosystem homeostasis through interactions among land use type
(LUT), precipitation, heat and human activity (HA). In the core areas of China Loess Plateau …

Main conclusion Species have plasticity across altitude gradients in leaf morphology and
function, and their response to high altitude conditions was mainly reflected in leaf cell …