Response of ecosystem respiration to warming and grazing during the growing seasons in the alpine meadow on the Tibetan plateau

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 151; no. 7; pp. 792 - 802
• Main Authors: Lin, Xingwu, Zhang, Zhenhua, Wang, Shiping, Hu, Yigang, Xu, Guangping, Luo, Caiyun, Chang, Xiaofeng, Duan, Jichuang, Lin, Qiaoyan, Xu, Burenbayin, Wang, Yanfen, Zhao, Xinquan, Xie, Zubin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.07.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Alpine meadow; alpine meadows; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; Climate change; correlation; Ecosystem respiration; Ecosystems; Forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Grazing; growing season; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; plateaus; Precipitation; Respiration; seasonal variation; Seasons; Soil (material); Soil respiration; Soil science; Soil temperature; Soil temperature and moisture; soil water; Synecology; Tibetan plateau; uncertainty; Warming; Asia; China; Far east; China, People's Rep., Xizang, Tibetan Plateau; Warming; Climate change; Ecosystem respiration; Tibetan plateau; Grazing; Soil respiration; Soil temperature and moisture; Alpine meadow; Grassland; Biometeorology; Growing season; Physical environment; Alpine grasslands; Temperate zone; Ecosystem; Humidity; Soil science; Property of soil; Physical properties; Biological activity; Dynamical climatology; Thermal properties; Response; Alpine vegetation; Thermal condition; Qinghai-Xizang Plateau; Soil temperature

► We conducted a first of field-manipulative warming and grazing experiment from 2006 to 2008. ► Warming and grazing did not affect seasonal average ecosystem respiration (Re). ► Warming significantly increased seasonal average soil respiration (Rs) by 9.2% in 2007. ► Soil temperature explained 63-8...