Search Results - "Yangjian Zhang"

Green-up dates in the Tibetan Plateau have continuously advanced from 1982 to 2011 by Zhang, Geli, Zhang, Yangjian, Dong, Jinwei, Xiao, Xiangming

“…As the Earth's third pole, the Tibetan Plateau has experienced a pronounced warming in the past decades. Recent studies reported that the start of the…”
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The impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on alpine grassland over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Chen, Baoxiong, Zhang, Xianzhou, Tao, Jian, Wu, Jianshuang, Wang, Jingsheng, Shi, Peili, Zhang, Yangjian, Yu, Chengqun

“…•We simulated the human-induced alpine grassland NPP over the Qinghai–Tibet plateau.•We separated the influences caused by climate change and anthropogenic…”
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The Influences of Climate Change and Human Activities on Vegetation Dynamics in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Huang, Ke, Zhang, Yangjian, Zhu, Juntao, Liu, Yaojie, Zu, Jiaxing, Zhang, Jing

“…Grasslands occupy nearly three quarters of the land surface of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau (QTP) and play a critical role in regulating the ecological functions…”
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Effect of altitude and soil properties on biomass and plant richness in the grasslands of Tibet, China, and Manang District, Nepal by Bhandari, Jyoti, Zhang, Yangjian

“…A positive relationship between plant species richness and biomass has often documented in temperate grassland systems but is still largely lacking in the…”
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Seasonally and spatially varied controls of climatic factors on net primary productivity in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau by Zheng, Zhoutao, Zhu, Wenquan, Zhang, Yangjian

“…Vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) is a core parameter regulating carbon cycles of terrestrial ecosystem, which also has close relations with climates…”
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Latitudinal gradients in phylogenetic relatedness of angiosperm trees in North America by Qian, Hong, Zhang, Yangjian, Zhang, Jian, Wang, Xianli

“…Aim: To test two predictions of the phylogenetic niche conservatism hypothesis for the latitudinal diversity gradient: (1) species in colder regions tend to be…”
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Is there more insect folivory in warmer temperate climates? A latitudinal comparison of insect folivory in eastern North America by Adams, Jonathan M., Zhang, Yangjian

“…1. It is generally believed that warmer climate forests suffer more herbivory, as a proportion of leaf area, than cooler climate forests. However, standardized…”
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Global pattern of NPP to GPP ratio derived from MODIS data: effects of ecosystem type, geographical location and climate by Zhang, Yangjian, Xu, Ming, Chen, Hua, Adams, Jonathan

“…Aim: To examine the global pattern of the net primary production (NPP)/gross primary production (GPP) ratio of the Earth's land area along geographical and…”
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How temperature, precipitation and stand age control the biomass carbon density of global mature forests by Liu, Yingchun, Yu, Guirui, Wang, Qiufeng, Zhang, Yangjian

“…Aim To understand: (1) how temperature, precipitation and stand age control the above-ground biomass carbon density (BCD a ) of mature forests and its…”
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Direct and Lagged Effects of Spring Phenology on Net Primary Productivity in the Alpine Grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau by Zheng, Zhoutao, Zhu, Wenquan, Zhang, Yangjian

“…As a key biotic factor, phenology exerts fundamental influences on ecosystem carbon sequestration. However, whether spring phenology affects the subsequent…”
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Evaporative cooling over the Tibetan Plateau induced by vegetation growth by Shen, Miaogen, Shilong Piao, Su-Jong Jeong, Liming Zhou, Zhenzhong Zeng, Philippe Ciais, Deliang Chen, Mengtian Huang, Chun-Sil Jin, Laurent Z. X. Li, Yue Li, Ranga B. Myneni, Kun Yang, Gengxin Zhang, Yangjian Zhang, Tandong Yao

“…Understanding land-surface biophysical feedbacks to the atmosphere is needed if we are to simulate regional climate accurately. In the Arctic, previous studies…”
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Daytime temperature contributes more than nighttime temperature to the weakened relationship between climate warming and vegetation growth in the extratropical Northern Hemisphere by Zheng, Zhoutao, Zhang, Yangjian, Zhu, Juntao, Cong, Nan

“…•Temporal change in relationship between NDVI and diurnal temperature was explored.•RNDVI-TMX and RNDVI-TMN showed distinct variations between mid- and high…”
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Growing season carries stronger contributions to albedo dynamics on the Tibetan plateau by Tian, Li, Chen, Jiquan, Zhang, Yangjian

“…The Tibetan Plateau has experienced higher-than-global-average climate warming in recent decades, resulting in many significant changes in ecosystem structure…”
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Relationship of minimum winter temperature and temperature seasonality to the northern range limit and species richness of trees in North America by Qian, Hong, Zhang, Yangjian, Ricklefs, Robert E., Wang, Xianli

“…Biologists have considered both winter coldness and temperature seasonality as major determinants of the northern limits of plants and animals in the Northern…”
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Ecological and Environmental Issues Faced by a Developing Tibet by Yu, Chengqun, Zhang, Yangjian, Claus, Holzapfel, Zeng, Rong, Zhang, Xianzhou, Wang, Jingsheng

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Climate-driven global changes in carbon use efficiency by Zhang, Yangjian, Yu, Guirui, Yang, Jian, Wimberly, Michael C., Zhang, XianZhou, Tao, Jian, Jiang, Yanbin, Zhu, Juntao

“…Aim Carbon use efficiency [net primary production (NPP)/gross primary production (GPP) ratio] is a parameter related to the allocation of photosynthesized…”
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Distinct response of high-latitude ecosystem and high-altitude alpine ecosystem to temperature and precipitation dynamics: A meta-analysis of experimental manipulation studies by Bhattarai, Prakash, Timilsina, Bishnu, Parajuli, Rabindra, Chen, Yao, Gao, Jie, Zhang, Yangjian

“…Cold biome ecosystems, extensively distributed on our planet, are highly sensitive to global changes. Fluctuations caused by climate change would inevitably…”
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Estimates of grassland biomass and turnover time on the Tibetan Plateau by Xia, Jiangzhou, Ma, Minna, Liang, Tiangang, Wu, Chaoyang, Yang, Yuanhe, Zhang, Li, Zhang, Yangjian, Yuan, Wenping

“…The grassland of the Tibetan Plateau forms a globally significant biome, which represents 6% of the world's grasslands and 44% of China's grasslands. However,…”
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Decreased surface albedo driven by denser vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau by Tian, Li, Zhang, Yangjian, Zhu, Juntao

“…The Tibetan Plateau (TP) has fundamental ecological and environmental significance to China and Asia through its influence on regional and continental…”
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Linking Ecosystem Service and MSPA to Construct Landscape Ecological Network of the Huaiyang Section of the Grand Canal by Tang, Feng, Zhou, Xu, Wang, Li, Zhang, Yangjian, Fu, Meichen, Zhang, Pengtao

“…Rapid urbanization and drastic land-use change have led to landscape fragmentation and ecological environment deterioration in the regions along the Grand…”
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