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Modeling impacts of climate change and grazing effects on plant biomass and soil organic carbon in the Qinghai–Tibetan grasslands
Wenjuan Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems,
College of Pastoral Agriculture Science
and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730020, China
Grassland Management Administration of Qinghai Province, Xining, Qinghai,
810008, China
Feng Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Institute of Arid Agroecology,
School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, China
Jiaguo Qi
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Fujiang Hou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems,
College of Pastoral Agriculture Science
and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730020, China
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Short summary
Climate change disturbances are the main factor that affects the grassland on a large scale in long-term impact assessments. Here, the total grassland biomass had a negative relationship with the grazing, and the SOC had a positive relationship with the grazing intensity. The total grassland biomass and average SOC in QTP grassland were reduced significantly under the future climate change projection. The change in the biomass and SOC had significant differences in the spatial distribution.
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