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Degradation of Tibetan grasslands: Consequences for carbon and nutrient cycles

2018-01-01

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The Tibetan Plateau hosts the world’s largest alpine pastoral ecosystems, dominated by the endemic sedges Kobresia pygmaea and Kobresia humilis. Owing to the very harsh environment and also to soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) limitations, these pastoral ecosystems are very sensitive to disturbances (e.g. anthropogenic activities and climate change) and recover extremely slowly. Overgrazing on the Tibetan Plate...

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Literature Corpus work: e30c685c-0419-50c9-98d0-5d784824180c
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.011

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