Increasing Tibetan Plateau terrestrial evapotranspiration primarily driven by precipitation

N Ma, Y Zhang - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022 - Elsevier
While terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a key role in
modulating water storage change in the Asian Water Tower, the magnitude, trend, and …

Tools for predicting forage growth in rangelands and economic analyses—a systematic review

SN Subhashree, C Igathinathane, A Akyuz, M Borhan… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Farmers and ranchers depend on annual forage production for grassland livestock
enterprises. Many regression and machine learning (ML) prediction models have been …

Identifying ecological compensation areas for ecosystem services degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

H Liu, S Liu, F Wang, Y Liu, Y Liu, J Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological restoration is the most promising way to combat ecological degradation and
improve ecological stability. However, it remains unclear at what scale ecological restoration …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of alpine shrub-meadow degradation on its ecosystem services and spatial patterns in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

D Qian, Y Du, Q Li, X Guo, B Fan, G Cao - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Alpine shrub-meadow is an important ecosystem type on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,
providing a variety of ecosystem services while supporting the livelihoods of pastoralists …

Atmospheric water vapor and soil moisture jointly determine the spatiotemporal variations of CO2 fluxes and evapotranspiration across the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau …

H Li, C Wang, F Zhang, Y He, P Shi, X Guo… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alpine grasslands play important functions in mitigating climate change and regulating water
resources. However, the spatiotemporal variability of their carbon and water budgets …

Environmental and biophysical effects of evapotranspiration in semiarid grassland and maize cropland ecosystems over the summer monsoon transition zone of …

P Yue, Q Zhang, X Ren, Z Yang, H Li, Y Yang - Agricultural Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate quantification of semiarid energy partitioning and actual evapotranspiration (ET c)
is necessary to understand the variability in regional energy and the water cycle, which is …

Multilevel driving factors affecting ecosystem services and biodiversity dynamics on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

H Liu, S Liu, F Wang, Y Liu, Z Han, Q Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the driving factors of ecosystem services and biodiversity (ESB) is necessary
for sustainable ecosystem management. Previous studies have analyzed many individual …

Differential responses of CO2 and latent heat fluxes to climatic anomalies on two alpine grasslands on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

H Li, F Zhang, J Li, X Guo, H Zhou, Y Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Discrete extreme heat events, deluges, and droughts will become more frequent and
disproportionately affect the processes and functions of grassland ecosystems. Here, we …

Interannual characteristics and driving mechanism of CO2 fluxes during the growing season in an alpine wetland ecosystem at the southern foot of the Qilian …

J Zhu, H Li, H He, F Zhang, Y Yang, Y Li - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The carbon process of the alpine ecosystem is complex and sensitive in the face of
continuous global warming. However, the long-term dynamics of carbon budget and its …

Grain for Green project may not threaten ecosystem sustainability by degrading water availability in humid karst landscapes

R Yi, X Xu, Y Zhang, Z Ye… - Water Resources Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Grain for Green project could result in high evapotranspiration (ET), exacerbate water
shortage, and intensify conflicts in water demand between ecosystems and humans in many …