Globally, grazing exclusion (GE) is an effective management practice to restore degraded
grasslands and improve carbon (C) stock. However, the C dynamics in grasslands …

Drylands play major roles in the terrestrial carbon cycle and mitigation of climate change.
Understanding the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks under land use change …

Erosion influences the vertical and horizontal distribution patterns of soil and soil organic
carbon (SOC) at a landscape scale. To further understand the effect of erosion on SOC and …

Grazing exclusion is an important policy currently being employed by the Chinese
government to recover degraded grasslands. Despite many field experiments, controversy …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important pool in the global carbon cycle, playing a vital role
in moderating atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. Soil is the largest carbon pool in terrestrial …

Afforestation and natural succession on former croplands are typical measures used for
revegetation in ecologically fragile areas worldwide. However, there are few studies …

Grazing by domestic ungulates can have substantial impacts on forests in arid and semi-arid
regions, possibly including severe loss of carbon from the soil. Predicting net livestock …

With the impact of climate change and the implementation of the “Grain-for-Green”
ecological restoration project, the dynamics of water and heat transport and storage in the …

Grazing exclusion is an effective rangeland management practice used to achieve
sustainability of natural ecosystems worldwide. To clarify the effects of short-term grazing …

In recent decades, alpine grasslands have been seriously degraded on the Tibetan Plateau
and grazing exclusion by fencing has been widely adopted to restore degraded grasslands …