Editorial: Patterns, functions, and processes of alpine grassland ecosystems under global change
Jian Sun, Yingxin Wang, Shiliang Liu, Junran Li, Huakun Zhou, Gao‐Lin Wu, Nigussie Haregeweyn
Abstract
pastoral production, biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, water resource regulation, cultural inheritance, tourism, and recreation etc. (Miehe et al., 2019; Sun et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2022). In the past serval decades, the alpine grassland on the TP has experienced rapid climate change and intensified human activities (He et al., 2021), the regulatory mechanisms and drivers are remained controversial.
Topics & Concepts
GrasslandEcosystemGrassland ecosystemGlobal changeClimate changeEcologyBiologyEnvironmental scienceEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesRangeland and Wildlife ManagementSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics