Top-down degradation of alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Gravelization initiate hillside surface aridity and meadow community disappearance
Zeng Cui, Wen-Shan Yang, Zhen Cheng, Zhenchao Zhang, Shixiong Li, Jingxue Zhao, Manuel López‐Vicente, Gao‐Lin Wu
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TopsoilEnvironmental scienceSpecies richnessVegetation (pathology)Water contentBiomass (ecology)Plateau (mathematics)PeatEcosystemPlant communityGeologyEcologySoil waterSoil sciencePaleontologyMathematicsMedicineGeotechnical engineeringBiologyMathematical analysisOceanographyPathologyClimate change and permafrostCryospheric studies and observationsRangeland and Wildlife Management