Elevated and atmospheric‐level methane consumption by soil methanotrophs of three grasslands in China by Yufang Wang, Yuanfeng Cai, Fujiang Hou, Saman Bowatte, Zhongjun Jia

Subjects: “…grasslands…”
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Climate-soil interactions improve the stability of grassland ecosystem by driving alpine plant diversity by Tengfei Li, Muhammad Kamran, Shenghua Chang, Zechen Peng, Zhaofeng Wang, Lijuan Ran, Wei Qi Jiang, Youshun Jin, Xiaoyun Zhang, Yang You, Lan Li, Fujiang Hou

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Contrasting Effects of Grazing in Shaping the Seasonal Trajectory of Foliar Fungal Endophyte Communities on Two Semiarid Grassland Species by Xin Dong, Feifei Jiang, Dongdong Duan, Zhen Tian, Huining Liu, Yinan Zhang, Fujiang Hou, Zhibiao Nan, Tao Chen

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Soil organic matter on arid saline-alkali land drives greenhouse gas emissions from artificial and natural grasslands in different directions by Ziwen Wei, Ziwen Wei, Yunxiang Cheng, Yunxiang Cheng, Fujiang Hou

Subjects: “…natural grassland…”
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Using UAV Visible Images to Estimate the Soil Moisture of Steppe by Fengshuai Lu, Yi Sun, Fujiang Hou

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Effects of Mowing Times on Nutrient Composition and In Vitro Digestibility of Forage in Three Sown Pastures of China Loess Plateau by Shenghua Chang, Kaili Xie, Wucheng Du, Qianmin Jia, Tianhan Yan, Hao Yang, Fujiang Hou

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Soil moisture stability of rangeland is higher than that of woodland and cropland in the Loess Plateau, China by Xiaojuan Huang, Yue Liu, Yiming Cong, Yuwen Zhang, Xinzhou Zhao, Ling Huang, Qiqi Li, Lan Li, Fujiang Hou

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UAV Monitoring Topsoil Moisture in an Alpine Meadow on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Yazhuan Sang, Shangzhao Yu, Fengshuai Lu, Yi Sun, Shulin Wang, Luji Ade, Fujiang Hou

“…Soil moisture is one of the most critical soil components for sustained plant growth and grassland management. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gradually replacing manual labor in various aspects of grassland management. …”
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Multiple cutting increases forage productivity and enhances legume pasture stability in a rainfed agroecosystem by Tengfei Li, Luxi Peng, Hua Wang, Yu Zhang, Yingxin Wang, Yunxiang Cheng, Fujiang Hou

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Grass-legume mixture and nitrogen application improve yield, quality, and water and nitrogen utilization efficiency of grazed pastures in the loess plateau by Ranran Xu, Ranran Xu, Ranran Xu, Wei Shi, Muhammad Kamran, Shenghua Chang, Qianmin Jia, Fujiang Hou

“…Grazing on cultivated grassland is a green agricultural model. However, in China's Loess Plateau, the type of cultivated grassland suitable for grazing and the amount of nitrogen application is still unclear, which has led to the failure of this model to be widely implemented. …”
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Changes in vegetation and soil coupling induced by biocrusts: New thinking on the segmented control of soil and water loss in the Loess Plateau, China by Jing Zhang, Yixuan Liu, Fujiang Hou

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Sheep Excrement Increases Mass of Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Soil Growing Two Forage Crop and Multi-Cutting Reduces Intensity by Xinzhou Zhao, Lina Shi, Shanning Lou, Jiao Ning, Yarong Guo, Qianmin Jia, Fujiang Hou

“…To explore the effects of multi-cutting and sheep excrement on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from grassland ecosystems which simulate grazing livestock to a certain extent, spring wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L., var. …”
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Legume/Maize Intercropping and N Application for Improved Yield, Quality, Water and N Utilization for Forage Production by Haixing Zhang, Wei Shi, Shahzad Ali, Shenghua Chang, Qianmin Jia, Fujiang Hou

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Dietary supplementation of Allium mongolicum modulates rumen-hindgut microbial community structure in Simmental calves by Kaili Xie, Shenghua Chang, Jiao Ning, Yarong Guo, Cheng Zhang, Tianhai Yan, Fujiang Hou

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Optimizing alfalfa productivity and persistence versus greenhouse gases fluxes in a continental arid region by Jiao Ning, Xiong Z. He, Fujiang Hou, Shanning Lou, Xianjiang Chen, Shenghua Chang, Cheng Zhang, Wanhe Zhu

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Growth Indicators of Main Species Predict Aboveground Biomass of Population and Community on a Typical Steppe by Xiaojuan Huang, Yongjie Liu, Niya Wang, Lan Li, An Hu, Zhen Wang, Shenghua Chang, Xianjiang Chen, Fujiang Hou

“…The predicted and measured values were significantly correlative, and most of the predictive accuracy was above 80%, and not affected by managements of grassland, including rotational grazing or no grazing. …”
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Decomposition and C, N and P release of Tibetan sheep dung from an alpine meadow with different stocking rates by Youshun Jin, Lijie Gao, Caiyu Yan, Peng Gao, Shenghua Chang, Wuchen Du, Yan Zhang, Zhaofeng Wang, Fujiang Hou

“…Our findings suggest that stocking rate may change dung quantity, composition and decomposition rate, affecting biogeochemical cycling processes in grassland ecosystems.…”
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Soil Bacterial and Fungal Composition and Diversity Responses to Seasonal Deer Grazing in a Subalpine Meadow by Andéole Niyongabo Turatsinze, Baotian Kang, Tianqi Zhu, Fujiang Hou, Saman Bowatte

“…This farm adopted a seasonal rotation grazing system whereby grasslands at higher altitudes are grazed in summer (SG), whilst grasslands at lower altitudes are grazed in winter (WG). …”
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Nitrogen utilisation, energy utilisation and methane emissions of sheep grazing in two types of pasture by Kaili Xie, Fuyao Liu, Cheng Zhang, Fujiang Hou

“…Livestock grazing plays a significant role in maintaining grasslands and promoting animal production globally. …”
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Assessment of the vegetation sensitivity index in alpine meadows with a high coverage and toxic weed invasion under grazing disturbance by Yi Hu, Yi Hu, Xiaowei Gou, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Yunxiang Cheng, Yunxiang Cheng, Fujiang Hou

“…Studies combining remote sensing data with grassland health assessments, extensively performed at different scales, are important for monitoring grassland health from a spatiotemporal perspective to enable scientific grazing management. …”
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