The grassland ecosystems cover above 60% of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and provide
important ecosystem services and functions at local and regional scales. However, both …

Plant diversity and soil microbial diversity are closely related, and they maintain the health
and stability of terrestrial ecosystems. As a hotspot region of global biodiversity research …

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 …

Poverty eradication and environmental protection as the two global goals of sustainable
development. China's poverty alleviation policy attempts to achieve green development in …

Forage nutrient storages can determine livestock size and husbandry development. There is
insufficient research on the response of forage nutrient storages to grazing and related …

Owing to ecological degradation and fragility, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is vulnerable to
economic development and anthropogenic activities. Therefore, studying the impact of …

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 …

Quantitative plant species α-diversity of grasslands at multiple spatial and temporal scales is
important for investigating the responses of biodiversity to global change and protecting …

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 …

Overgrazing is considered one of the key disturbance factors that results in alpine grassland
degradation in Tibet. Grazing exclusion by fencing has been widely used as an approach to …