Current challenges in distinguishing climatic and anthropogenic contributions to alpine grassland variation on the Tibetan Plateau

L Li, Y Zhang, L Liu, J Wu, S Li, H Zhang… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the impact of climate change and human activities on grassland dynamics is an
essential step for develo** sustainable grassland ecosystem management strategies …

Improved model simulation of soil carbon cycling by representing the microbially derived organic carbon pool

X Fan, D Gao, C Zhao, C Wang, Y Qu… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
During the decomposition process of soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial products such as
microbial necromass and microbial metabolites may form an important stable carbon (C) …

Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic contributions to nonlinear dynamics of alpine grassland productivity on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

J Wu, M Li, X Zhang, S Fiedler, Q Gao, Y Zhou… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are sensitive and vulnerable to climate
change and human activities. Climate warming and overgrazing have already caused …

From features to fingerprints: A general diagnostic framework for anthropogenic geomorphology

P Tarolli, W Cao, G Sofia, D Evans… - Progress in Physical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Human societies have been resha** the geomorphology of landscapes for thousands of
years, producing anthropogenic geomorphic features ranging from earthworks and …

Declining human activity intensity on alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau

M Li, X Zhang, J Wu, Q Ding, B Niu, Y He - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change and human activities have profoundly changed the structure and functioning
of alpine grassland ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau, the most critical ecological safety …

Resilience of revegetated grassland for restoring severely degraded alpine meadows is driven by plant and soil quality along recovery time: A case study from the …

X Gao, S Dong, Y Xu, S Wu, X Wu, X Zhang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2019 - Elsevier
Resilience is crucial to promote the ecosystem sustainability and maintain ecosystem
functions and services. Clarifying the variation regularity of the resilience can provide a …

Identification of key priority areas under different ecological restoration scenarios on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Y Liu, S Liu, F Wang, H Liu, M Li, Y Sun… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the intensification of climate warming and human activities, the ecosystems on the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) are facing increasing threats which leads to extensive …

Deploying photovoltaic arrays in degraded grasslands is a promising win-win strategy for promoting grassland restoration and resolving land use conflicts

B Zhang, R Zhang, Y Li, S Wang, M Zhang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) facility installation occupying large land areas gradually expands into vast
grasslands. The construction of PV arrays should be synchronized with the establishment of …

Permafrost and drought regulate vulnerability of Tibetan Plateau grasslands to warming

Y Yang, KA Hop**, G Wang, J Chen, A Peng… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau has the largest expanse of high‐elevation permafrost in the
world, and it is experiencing climate warming that may jeopardize the functioning of its …

Dynamic forage-livestock balance analysis in alpine grasslands on the Northern Tibetan Plateau

Y Cao, J Wu, X Zhang, B Niu, M Li, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Forage-livestock balance is important for sustainable management of alpine grasslands
under global change, but the robustness of diverse algorithms for assessing forage-livestock …