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Nature Genetics

Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness

Lauchlan H. Fraser, Jason Pither, Anke Jentsch, +58

Science

EngineeringBotanyAgricultural EconomicsTerrestrial Ecosystem ProductivityBiogeography +14

Convergent Evolution of Rumen Microbiomes in High-Altitude Mammals

Zhigang Zhang, Dongming Xu, Li Wang, +10

Current Biology

Convergent EvolutionMammalogyEvolutionary BiologyMicrobial EcologyMicrobiology +4

Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Physico-Chemical Properties of Corn Stover (Zea mays L.) Biochar and Feasibility for Carbon Capture and Energy Balance

Muhammad Khalid Rafiq, Robert Thomas Bachmann, Muhammad Tariq Rafiq, +3

PLoS ONE

EngineeringBioenergyBiomass PyrolysisChemical EngineeringBiomass Conversion +14

Yak whole-genome resequencing reveals domestication signatures and prehistoric population expansions

Qiang Qiu, Lizhong Wang, Kun Wang, +10

Nature Communications

Seasonal dynamics of diet–gut microbiota interaction in adaptation of yaks to life at high altitude

Na Guo, Qunfu Wu, Fuyu Shi, +8

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

NutritionDysbiosisHost-microbe InteractionsGut MicrobiotaSeasonal Dynamics +19

The sustainable development of grassland-livestock systems on the Tibetan plateau: problems, strategies and prospects

Zhanhuan Shang, M. J. Gibb, Florian Leiber, +4

The Rangeland Journal

Sustainable Agricultural IntensificationPastoralismAnimal AgricultureRangeland ProductivityLand Use +13

The yak grazing system on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau and its status

Ruijun Long, Luming Ding, Zhenhua Shang, +1

The Rangeland Journal

Qinghai-tibetan PlateauEngineeringRangeland ProductivityGeomorphologyLand Use +17

Effects of Dietary Energy Levels on Rumen Fermentation, Microbial Diversity, and Feed Efficiency of Yaks (Bos grunniens)

Anum Ali Ahmad, Chao Yang, Jianbo Zhang, +8

Frontiers in Microbiology

Screening for lactic acid bacteria in traditional fermented Tibetan yak milk and evaluating their probiotic and cholesterol-lowering potentials in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Wurong Ding, Chao Shi, Ming Chen, +3

Journal of Functional Foods

NutritionProbioticFood FermentationCholesterol-lowering PotentialsLipid Nutrition +8