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 …

Grassland ecosystems on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) provide numerous ecosystem
services and functions to both local communities and the populations living downstream …

Grasslands occupy nearly three quarters of the land surface of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau
(QTP) and play a critical role in regulating the ecological functions of the QTP. Ongoing …

Understanding the trend of vegetation change and its reaction to climate variation is
important for revealing the mechanism of ecosystem behavior. However, current research …

Vegetation is the terrestrial ecosystem component most sensitive to climate change. The
Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), characterized by a cold climate and vulnerable ecosystems …

Soil water retention influences many soil properties and soil hydrological processes. The
alpine meadows and steppes of the Qilian Mountains on the northeast border of the Qinghai …

An understanding of soil moisture conditions is crucial for hydrological modeling and
hydrological processes. However, few studies have compared the differences between the …

In light of Harris (2010) finding insufficient evidence to assert a causal linkage between any
of the seven previously proposed causative factors and grassland degradation on the …

Soil and water conservation is the most important among ecological functions of alpine
meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Quantitative assessment of the effects of meadow …

Beginning in the twentieth century, atmospheric deposition of N and P greatly increased in
terrestrial ecosystems, including alpine grasslands. These inputs have profoundly affected …