Causes for the unimodal pattern of biomass and productivity in alpine grasslands along a large altitudinal gradient in semi‐arid regions

Zhong Wang, Tianxiang Luo, Ruicheng Li, +2

Journal of Vegetation Science

EngineeringRangeland ProductivityLarge Altitudinal GradientLand DegradationEarth Science +17

Increased precipitation offsets the negative effect of warming on plant biomass and ecosystem respiration in a Tibetan alpine steppe

Jingxue Zhao, Tianxiang Luo, Haixia Wei, +4

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

EngineeringTerrestrial EcosystemTibetan Alpine SteppeGeographyTerrestrial Ecosystem Productivity +6

Grazing effect on growing season ecosystem respiration and its temperature sensitivity in alpine grasslands along a large altitudinal gradient on the central Tibetan Plateau

Jingxue Zhao, Tianxiang Luo, Ruicheng Li, +2

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

ClimatologyAlpine GrasslandsEngineeringTerrestrial EcosystemTerrestrial Ecosystem Productivity +5

Environmental controls on soil respiration in alpine meadow along a large altitudinal gradient on the central Tibetan Plateau

Jingxue Zhao, Ruicheng Li, Xiang Li, +1

CATENA

BiogeochemistrySoil RespirationAlpine MeadowCentral Tibetan PlateauTibetan Plateau +2

Precipitation alters temperature effects on ecosystem respiration in Tibetan alpine meadows

Jingxue Zhao, Tianxiang Luo, Ruicheng Li, +4

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

HydrometeorologyClimatologyEngineeringTerrestrial EcosystemDrought +8

Impact of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) burrowing-induced microtopography on ecosystem respiration of the alpine meadow and steppe on the Tibetan plateau

Jingxue Zhao, Lihua Tian, Haixia Wei, +4

Plant and Soil

BiogeochemistryEngineeringAlpine MeadowTerrestrial EcosystemBiogeography +4

Leaf unfolding of Tibetan alpine meadows captures the arrival of monsoon rainfall

Ruicheng Li, Tianxiang Luo, Thomas Mölg, +5

Scientific Reports

Warm- and cold- season grazing affect plant diversity and soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration differently in Tibetan alpine swamp meadows

Lihua Tian, Yanfu Bai, Weiwei Wang, +4

Plant and Soil

BiogeochemistryTerrestrial EcosystemSoil CarbonTerrestrial Ecosystem ProductivityNitrogen Sequestration +1

No evidence of facilitation collapse in the Tibetan plateau

Francisco I. Pugnaire, Lin Zhang, Ruicheng Li, +1

Journal of Vegetation Science

BiodiversityEngineeringSpecie InteractionGeomorphologySevere Environmental Stress +9

Effect of grazing exclusion on ecosystem respiration among three different alpine grasslands on the central Tibetan Plateau

Jingxue Zhao, Xiang Li, Ruicheng Li, +2

Ecological Engineering

BiogeochemistryEngineeringTerrestrial EcosystemRangeland ProductivityLand Use +6