Assessment approach for conservation effectiveness and gaps for endangered species based on habitat suitability: A case study of alpine musk deer in western China
January 17, 2025 With the rapid socio-economic development, intensified land use and population growth have severely threatened global biodiversity, particularly on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a global biodiversity hotspot where many e...
Context dependencies in the responses of plant biomass and surface soil organic carbon content to nitrogen addition and precipitation change within alpine grasslands
January 17, 2025 Alpine grasslands store vast amounts of organic carbon and are susceptible to global change. However, the responses of ecosystem carbon storage to synchronous atmospheric nitrogen deposition and altered precipitation...
Precipitation Determines the Spatial Variability of Vegetation and Topsoil Organic Carbon Densities of Alpine Grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
January 17, 2025 Alpine grassland soils accumulate massive stocks of organic carbon and function as important carbon sinks on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Substantial uncertainties prevent a full understanding of ecosystems’carbon po...
Utilizing a vegetation restoration potential model to derive a reference for assessing ecological restoration of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
January 17, 2025 When implementing ecological restoration practices, valid references are essential to justify and improve best practices for ecological restoration in natural resource management. Despite numerous assessments of ecolo...
Effects of short- and long-term plant functional group removal on alpine meadow community niche
November 19, 2024 The rapid loss of global biodiversity affects the creation and maintenance of community biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function.