#PhyllosphereMicrobiota showed a significant non-linear environmental gradient effect in #AlpineGrasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, which was mostly explained by climate factors, especially annual precipitation.

#Biogeography | #MicrobialNetwork | #EcosystemMultifunctionality

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf133

Qingling Sun developed a semi-mechanistic #PhenologicalModel, the Alpine #GrowingSeasonIndex (AGSI), to predict foliar phenology in #AlpineGrasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau.

#ClimaticFactor | #LimitingEffect

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf009

【🎉Latest accepted article】
#PhyllosphereMicrobiota in #AlpineGrasslands on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau varied with geographical and climatic factors

#Biogeography | #MicrobialNetwork | #EcosystemMultifunctionality

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf133

#Warming🌡️ & #Grazing🌱 ➡️ resource allocation strategies in #AlpineGrasslands

Place: Tibetan Plateau

Method: #meta_analysis

Results:
1️⃣ The aboveground and belowground growth relationship follows the allometric growth hypothesis;
2️⃣ Warming & grazing ➡️ soil properties.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf056