Herbivore assemblages affect soil microbial communities by altering root biomass and available nutrients in an alpine meadow by Yuzhen Liu, Yuzhen Liu, Xinquan Zhao, Wenting Liu, Wenting Liu, Xiaoxia Yang, Xiaoxia Yang, Bin Feng, Bin Feng, Chunping Zhang, Chunping Zhang, Yang Yu, Yang Yu, Quan Cao, Quan Cao, Shengnan Sun, Shengnan Sun, A. Allan Degen, Zhanhuan Shang, Quanmin Dong, Quanmin Dong, Quanmin Dong

“…Three different herbivore grazing assemblages, namely, yak grazing (YG), Tibetan sheep grazing (SG) and yak and Tibetan sheep co-grazing (MG), are practiced in alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), but the effects of the different herbivore assemblages on soil microbes are relatively unknown. …”
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Excessive plant compensatory growth: a potential endogenous driver of meadow degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Yong Zhang, Hasbagan Ganjurjav, Shikui Dong, Qingzhu Gao

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Airborne Hyperspectral Images and Machine Learning Algorithms for the Identification of Lupine Invasive Species in Natura 2000 Meadows by Anita Sabat-Tomala, Edwin Raczko, Bogdan Zagajewski

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Correction to: Factors Influencing Carbon Stocks and Accumulation Rates in Eelgrass Meadows Across New England, USA by Novak, A. B., Pelletier, M. C., Colarusso, P., Simpson, Juliet, Gutierrez, M. N., Arias-Ortiz, A., Charpentier, M., Masque, P., Vella, P.

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Spatial heterogeneity in sediment and carbon accretion rates within a seagrass meadow correlated with the hydrodynamic intensity by Lei, Jiarui, Schaefer, Rachel, Colarusso, Phil, Novak, Alyssa, Simpson, Juliet C, Masqué, Pere, Nepf, Heidi

“…The majority of the carbon stored in seagrass sediments originates outside the meadow, such that the carbon storage capacity within a meadow is strongly dependent on hydrodynamic conditions that favor deposition and retention of fine organic matter within the meadow. …”
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Census estimates of algal and epiphytic carbonate production highlight tropical seagrass meadows as sediment production hotspots by Perry, Chris T., Salter, Michael A., Morgan, Kyle M., Harborne, Alastair R.

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Tropical seagrass meadows modify seawater carbon chemistry: implications for coral reefs impacted by ocean acidification by Unsworth, R, Collier, C, Henderson, G, McKenzie, L

“…Published data (11 studies, 64 records) reveal that seagrass meadows in the Indo-Pacific have an 83% chance of being net autotrophic, resulting in an average net sink of 155gCm2yr1. …”

Impacts of the Degraded Alpine Swamp Meadow on Tensile Strength of Riverbank: A Case Study of the Upper Yellow River by Haili Zhu, Peng Gao, Zhiwei Li, Jiangtao Fu, Guorong Li, Yabin Liu, Xilai Li, Xiasong Hu

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Effects of short‐ and long‐term plant functional group loss on alpine meadow community structure and soil nutrients by Jingjing Wei, Huakun Zhou, Xinqing Shao, Jian Sun, Li Ma, Zhonghua Zhang, Ruimin Qin, Hongye Su, Xue Hu, Tao Chang, Zhengchen Shi, Haze Ade, Huichun Wang

“…We conducted a field experiment to examine the short‐ and long‐term effects of removing plant functional groups (Gramineae, Cyperaceae, legumes, and forbs) on the interrelationships among the species diversity, productivity, community structure, and soil nutrients in an alpine meadow ecosystem at Menyuan County, Qinghai Province. …”
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Slope aspect effects on plant community characteristics and soil properties of alpine meadows on Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan plateau by Qi-peng Zhang, Ru-yao Fang, Cui-yan Deng, Hong-juan Zhao, Meng-Han Shen, Qian Wang

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Unraveling the relationship between plant species and physicochemical properties on rhizosphere and rhizoplane fungal communities in alpine wet meadows by Awais Iqbal, Muhammad Maqsood Ur Rehman, Muhammad Usman, Wasim Sajjad, Jiahuan Niu, Abraham Allan Degen, Muhammad Rafiq, Zhanhuan Shang

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Effect of Subirrigation and Silicon Antitranspirant Application on Biomass Yield and Carbon Dioxide Balance of a Three-Cut Meadow by Joanna Kocięcka, Marcin Stróżecki, Radosław Juszczak, Daniel Liberacki

“…Meadows are valuable areas that play an important role in the carbon cycle. …”
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Development of the main directions on protection mountain and meadow peaty soils of basins of the rivers of the Northeast slope of Greater Caucasus by Ilham Ildirim oglu Mardanov

“…Mountain territories of the Azerbaijani part of Greater Caucasus differ increasing impact of different types of human activity on mountain meadow landscape complexes with their unpredictable consequences to which research works of many scientists are devoted. …”
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Effects of Patchiness on Surface Soil Moisture of Alpine Meadow on the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Implications for Grassland Restoration by Wei Zhang, Shuhua Yi, Yu Qin, Yi Sun, Donghui Shangguan, Baoping Meng, Meng Li, Jianguo Zhang

Subjects: “…alpine meadow…”
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Field experimental study on the effect of thawed depth of frozen alpine meadow soil on rill erosion by snowmelt waterflow by Ying Zheng, Xiaonan Shi, Fan Zhang, Tingwu Lei, Chen Zeng, Xiong Xiao, Li Wang, Guanxing Wang

“…The method was implemented on an alpine meadow soil slope at an altitude of 3700 m on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. …”
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Impacts of changes in vegetation cover on soil water heat coupling in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China by W. Genxu, H. Hongchang, L. Guangsheng, L. Na

“…Alpine meadow is one of the most widespread grassland types in the permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the transmission of coupled soil water heat is one of the most crucial processes influencing cyclic variations in the hydrology of frozen soil regions, especially under different vegetation covers. …”
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The climate warming effect of a fen peat meadow with fluctuating water table is reduced by young alder trees by V. Huth, M. Hoffmann, S. Bereswill, Y. Popova, D. Zak, J. Augustin

“…We compared the alder plantation (Awet) with an extensively used meadow (Mwet) and a drier reference meadow (Mmoist). …”
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Meadow-steppe vegetation of the National Dendrological Park Sofiyivka of the NAS of Ukraine and it's changes as a result of anthropogenic pressure by A.A. Kuzemko

“…The peculiarities of the meadow-steppe vegetation of the National Dendrological Park Sofiyivka of the NAS of Ukraine have been revealed on the base of comparison with the phytocoenoses of the Middle Pobuzzhia. …”
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Habitat-builders complexity boosts associated fauna functional trait richness (Zostera marina meadows, Baltic Sea) by Emilia Jankowska, Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk

“…Therefore, it is the diversity of meadows that boosts the functional richness of associated fauna. …”
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From Meadow to Map: Integrating Field Surveys and Interactive Visualizations for Invasive Species Management in a National Park by Joshua Randall, Nicole C. Inglis, Lindsey Smart, Jelena Vukomanovic

“…We created the Geospatial Meadow Management Tool (GMMT) to provide a complete framework from geospatial data collection to web visualization. …”
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