A5022222701- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Climate change and permafrost
- Forest Management and Policy
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Remote Sensing and Land Use
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
2018-2024
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018-2024
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018-2024
Beijing Normal University
2014-2019
Overgrazing and climate warming may be important drivers of alpine rangeland degradation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). In this study, effects grazing experimental on vegetation cultivated grasslands, steppe meadows QTP were investigated. The three treatments a control, treatment replicated times each type. was applied using fibreglass open-top chambers continuous by yaks at moderately high stocking rate. Both negatively affected cover. Grazing reduced height while increased height....
To understand effects of soil microbes on biochemistry in alpine grassland ecosystems under environmental changes, we explored relationships between microbial diversity and total nitrogen, organic carbon, available nitrogen phosphorus, biomass enzyme activities meadow, steppe cultivated the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau three-year warming, enhanced precipitation yak overgrazing. Soil carbon NH
This paper evaluated changes in vegetation from 2000 to 2012, based on 1-km resolution 16-day composite Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and related them estimates of human disturbance the rangelands Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The main rangeland types studied were desert, steppe meadow with latter mainly found southern eastern parts study area. results indicated that was distributed area corresponded high NDVI values. values...
The changes in vegetation composition and plant diversity of three different alpine ecosystems: meadow, steppe desert, impacted by levels degradation (healthy, lightly degraded moderately degraded) were examined across a large-scale transect on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. meadow was dominated sedges, grasses desert shrubs. had highest species diversity, whereas lowest tended to be few species. Forbs dominant most diverse functional group steppe, which from desert. importance values measured...
Elevation gradient can reflect the effects of soil physico-chemical properties on plant species diversity. Alpine grassland QTP has suffered from a serious decline in In this study, we investigated 112 sites recording community characteristics and collecting samples along an elevation (3,500–5,200 m asl) alpine meadow QTP. We analyzed composition diversity by canonical ordination spatial regression gradient. The results showed that richness overall communities decreased with increasing...
Southwest China, which is rich in biodiversity and a wide range of ecosystem services (ESs), strong support for local human wellbeing. This area also one the key components ecological security shelter (ESS) national conservation. Due to combination man-made natural factors, China has suffered serious degradation that directly threatens refers health status ecosystems ESs functions. Mapping ESs-based patterns (ESPs) essential designing conservation strategies suitably combine regional...
Alpine grassland is the main ecosystem on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Degradation and restoration of alpine are related to function production, livelihood, wellbeing local people. Although a large number studies research degraded grassland, there debates about degradation patterns in different areas widely applicable ecological schemes due huge area QTP. In this study, we used meta-analysis method synthesize 80 individual published which were conducted examine aboveground underground...
Functional and structural regime shifts have been observed among many ecosystems. Understanding in watershed ecosystems is crucial for landscape management sustainable development. We propose the perspective that relationship dynamics of ecosystem services (ESs) can reflect shifts. An assessment critical transitions patterns integrated to support shift analysis. The downstream basin Nu-Salween River (NSR) was selected as study area demonstrate occurring from 1999 2019. To detect functional...
Abstract Artificial grassland establishment has been implemented in the alpine region of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau China as a mitigation tool against degradation, one major environmental problems this region. We hypothesized that both degradation and artificial restoration may alter reproductive modes vegetation at levels individual species well plant functional groups. By investigating long‐term field study experiments, we found plants can maintain highly plastic relationship between sexual...
Abstract Aim Although protected areas (PAs) are assumed to reduce natural threats within boundaries, their spillover effects remain equivocal. It is necessary determine whether PAs truly achieve conservation targets and they promote or inhibit habitat degradation in adjacent by blockage leakage spillover. This study aims choose 54 nature reserves (NRs) focusing on forest protection as a case assess PA effectiveness prevalence. Location the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau (QTP). Methods We used...