Abstract With 450,000 km 2 Kobresia (syn. Carex) pygmaea dominated pastures in the
eastern Tibetan highlands are the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem forming a …

Interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere
are most active in the critical zone, a region extending from the tops of trees to the top of …

Abstract The Tibetan Plateau's Kobresia pastures store 2.5% of the world's soil organic
carbon (SOC). Climate change and overgrazing render their topsoils vulnerable to …

The Palaearctic steppes range from the Mediterranean basin towards China, forming one of
the largest continuous terrestrial biomes. The literature on steppe ecology and conservation …

Abstract Changes in soil bacterial and fungal composition and their diversity with
degradation degrees (ie non-degraded (ND), moderately degraded (MD) and severely …

Alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau comprise the largest alpine ecosystem in the world
and provide critical ecosystem services, including forage production and carbon …

Cold regions contain a large amount of soil organic carbon, and the warming-accelerated
loss of this carbon pool could cause important feedback to climatic change. The changes of …

Grazing is the primary land use practice in alpine ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau.
However, it remains unclear how grazing regulates levels of carbon and the water cycle in …

The Tibetan Plateau has a significant role with regard to atmospheric circulation and the
monsoon in particular. Changes between a closed plant cover and open bare soil are one of …

In situ 13 CO 2 pulse labeling was conducted in temperate grasslands, managed by no
grazing, rotational, or continuous overgrazing, to trace the allocation pattern and the …