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Open AccessEutrophication drives regime shift via changes in stoichiometric homeostasis-based submerged macrophyte assemblages
Homeostasis for phosphorus (HP) in submerged macrophytes may influence the susceptibility of lakes to regime shifts; however, the mechanisms linking submerged macrophyte HP to regime shifts remain unclear. We ...
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Aboveground biomass and its spatial distribution pattern of herbaceous marsh vegetation in China
Herbaceous marsh is the most widely distributed type of marsh wetland ecosystem, and has important ecological functions such as water conservation, climate regulation, carbon storage and fixation, and shelteri...
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Dynamics of greenhouse gas emission induced by different burrowing activities of fossorial vertebrates in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau alpine meadow ecosystem
Plateau zokor (Myospalax baileyi) and plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) are endemic fossorial vertebrates in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau alpine meadow ecosystem. Their different burrowing activities together tran...
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Anthropogenic habitat alternation significantly decreases α- and β-diversity of benthopelagic metacommunity in a large floodplain lake
Anthropogenic habitat alternation is one of the leading causes of biodiversity loss, especially in freshwater ecosystems. Understanding the mechanisms of how habitat degradation drives changes in spatial patte...
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Activity Patterns of four Cranes in Poyang Lake, China: Indication of Habitat Naturalness
Poyang Lake is one of the most important wintering habitats for cranes in China, and thousands of cranes including Siberian Crane (leucogeranus leucogeranus), White-naped Crane (Grus vipio), Hooded Crane (G. mona...
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Open AccessContribution of citizen science towards cryptic species census: “many eyes” define wintering range of the Scaly-sided Merganser in mainland China
Citizen science has tremendous potential in advancing scientific knowledge and improving natural resource management. To detect the wintering distribution of the endangered species Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus s...
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Open AccessProductivity benefits of warming at regional scale could be offset by detrimental impacts on site level hydrology
Climate change affects the distribution and persistence of wildlife. Broad scale studies have demonstrated that climate change shifts the geographic ranges and phenology of species. These findings are influent...
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Water regulation: a Sword of Damocles for migratory waterbirds in China?
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Open AccessEffects of hydrological regime on development of Carex wet meadows in East Dongting Lake, a Ramsar Wetland for wintering waterbirds
Wet meadows are one of the most important ecological components in floodplain, and are among the most dynamic ecosystems. Understanding the development of wet meadows and contributing environmental factors can...
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Resource availability determines food chain length in Chinese subtropical rivers
Three prevailing hypotheses, namely resource availability, ecosystem size, and disturbance, are often used to explain variations in food chain length (FCL). Rivers vary widely in size, resources, and disturba...
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Delayed Flood Recession in Central Yangtze Floodplains Can Cause Significant Food Shortages for Wintering Geese: Results of Inundation Experiment
Carex meadows are critical habitat for wintering geese in the floodplains of the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River, China. These meadows follow a growth cycle closely tied to the ...
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Soil Organic Carbon and its Fractions in Relation to Degradation and Restoration of Wetlands on the Zoigê Plateau, China
Through restoration, degraded wetlands are thought to recover their carbon storage function over time. However, little is known about the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its fractions after restorati...
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Chinese Case Studies
The biggest challenge for ecosystem management in China is how to control ecological degradation and maximize generation of ecosystem services with ecological conservation and restoration. The Task Force focus...
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Scenario Analysis
This chapter presents the results of the scenario analysis of China’s ecosystems focusing on forest, grassland, and wetland ecosystems. The analysis was undertaken using Conversion of Land Use Change and its E...
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Open AccessZoning for management in wetland nature reserves: a case study using Wuliangsuhai Nature Reserve, China
Zoning is a fundamental tool for the effective management of nature reserves. A three-zone model (core zone, buffer zone, and experimental zone) has been applied to nature reserves in China since 1980s; howeve...
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Phenotypic responses of Spartina anglica to duration of tidal immersion
Although Spartina anglica C.E. Hubbard continues to be invasive in many countries, this species has experienced a drastic decline in coastal China over the last decade. We hypothesize that changes in the duration...
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Effects of temperature, soil moisture, soil type and their interactions on soil carbon mineralization in Zoigê alpine wetland, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Wetland stores substantial amount of carbon and may contribute greatly to global climate change debate. However, few researches have focused on the effects of global climate change on carbon mineralization in ...
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Degradation of icefishes (Salangidae) in the Yangtze River basin of China: threats and strategies
The Yangtze River basin has been a major area in terms of icefish diversity conservation and fisheries. In the past two to five decades, however, the wild icefish resources have degraded continuously in both t...
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Degradation of icefishes (Salangidae) in the Yangtze River basin of China: threats and strategies
The Yangtze River basin has been a major area in terms of icefish diversity conservation and fisheries. In the past two to five decades, however, the wild icefish resources have degraded continuously in both t...
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Glacial Effects on Sequence Divergence of Mitochondrial COII of Polyura eudamippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in China
Sequence divergence of mitochondrial COII was analyzed in 50 specimens belonging to five subspecies of Polyura eudamippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) collected from southern China. There were nine haplotypes in th...
