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 …

Grazing exclusion using fences is a key policy being applied by the Chinese government to
rehabilitate degraded grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and elsewhere. However …

Humans have grazed on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) for many thousands of years. In
recent decades, the intensity of grazing has increased and several new management …

Aim Climate change is expected to have important effects on plant phenology and carbon
storage, with further shifts predicted in the future. Therefore, we proposed the community …

Understanding the impact of grazing patterns on grassland production is of fundamental
importance for grassland conservation and management. The objective of this study is to …

Grazing regime has an important effect on grassland ecosystem. however, the mechanisms
how alpine meadow vegetation, soil quality responds to this management regime remain …

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

Alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are sensitive and vulnerable to climate
change and human activities. Climate warming and overgrazing have already caused …

Soil nutrients and stoichiometry are two important fertility indicators for grassland
ecosystems, and are essential to maintain ecosystem function and protect land from …

Grazing is one of the main human disturbance factors in alpine grassland on the Qinghai-
Tibet Plateau (QTP), which can directly or indirectly influence the community structures and …