Alpine Grassland Productivity Not Sensitive to Climate Warming on Third Pole
April 18, 2018 In 2011, HE Jinsheng's research team at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with scientists from Peking University, established a warming-by-precipitation manipulativ...
Climate warming destabilize Tibetan Alpine Grasslands
May 12, 2017 “Our results suggest that under a warmer climate, the ecosystem would provide less forage production in drought years, and more biomass production in wet years – which is undesirable,” said Jin-Sheng He, a professo...
The alternative splicing of EAM8 contributes to early flowering and short-season adaptation in a landrace barley from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
March 09, 2017 Six-rowed hull-less barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum), referred to by Tibetan language speakers in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) as nai, is a staple crop grown over an extensive area in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plate...
A Worldwide Monograph of Swertia and Its Allies has been published
August 05, 2015 The book has been published by Science Press recently. The famous Gentianaceae taxonomists, Ho Ting-nong and Liu Shang-wu of Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, CAS, edited this monograph.
Maternal density-induced reproduction suppression impairs offspring capacity in response to immediate environment in root voles Microtus oeconomus
November 21, 2014 The authors found that intrinsic state alterations induced by maternal stress impair offspring capacity in response to immediate environment, and these alterations are likely mediated by maternal stress system.