Phenology has a great effect on the carbon cycle. Significant relationships have been well demonstrated between phenology and photosynthesis. However, few studies have been undertaken to characterize relationships between phenology and ecosystem respiration (Re).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFew studies have focused on the response of plant community phenology to temperature change using manipulative experiments. A lack of understanding of whether responses of community reproductive and vegetative phenological sequences to warming and cooling are asymmetrical or symmetrical limits our capacity to predict responses under warming and cooling. A reciprocal transplant experiment was conducted for 3 years to evaluate response patterns of the temperature sensitivities of community phenological sequences to warming (transferred downward) and cooling (transferred upward) along four elevations on the Tibetan Plateau.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanges in day (maximum temperature, T ) and night temperature (minimum temperature, T ) in the preseason (e.g., winter and spring) may have opposite effects on early phenophases (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntact Tibetan meadows provide significant defense against soil-borne pathogen dispersal. However, dramatic meadow degradation has been observed due to climate change and pika damage, but their impacts on soil-borne pathogens are still unclear. With approximately 40% of the world's population living in Tibetan Plateau and its downstream watersheds, this lack of knowledge should be of great concern.
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