The Tibetan highlands host one of the world's largest pastoral ecosystems, but the evolutionary
impact of the Tibetan nomadic livestock economy on the environment has not yet been …

Three new records of the highest treelines in the northern hemisphere are presented here,
based on the definition of a “tree.” The tree species with the highest treeline in the northern …

The lithology, ostracods, palynomorphs and black carbon of a sediment core from a saline
wetland in the southern Tibetan highlands (2914′33.40″N/8713′09.10″E, 4480 m asl, …

Aim: To present a first description of plant communities of the Tibetan alpine steppes based
on floristically complete vegetation records as a baseline reference for future ecological and …

An inventory of isolated tree stands surrounded by desert pastures in Southern Tibet (AR
Xizang, China) revealed more than 50 sites with vigorous trees of Juniperus convallium …

Drought stress is a key environmental factor limiting the growth and productivity of plants.
Turfgrasses are often affected by drought in north China due to water shortage. In the present …

Palaeoecological and palaeopedological investigations around Lhasa (3650 m, 2940′N/9104′E,
AR Xizang, China) provide evidence of human induced environmental changes …

Forty-seven surface pollen samples and 141 vegetation quadrats were investigated in the
Lhasa Valley in order to assess the relationships between local modern pollen assemblages …

The closed Tangra Yumco Basin underwent the strongest Quaternary lake-level changes so
far recorded on the Tibetan Plateau. It was hitherto unknown what effect this had on local …

Social networks contributed massive text data generated by users in it, which were crucial in
information explosion. These unstructured and ambiguous expressed data may result in …