scholarly journals Summer habitat use of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) in response to winter livestock grazing in the alpine steppe Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. e1447190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Badingquiying ◽  
Andrew T. Smith ◽  
Richard B. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Alpine Steppe ◽  
Ochotona Curzoniae

Five-year population dynamics of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) on the east of Tibetan Plateau

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiapeng Qu ◽  
James C. Russell ◽  
Weihong Ji ◽  
Min Yang ◽  
Qianquan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Ochotona Curzoniae

scholarly journals Livestock grazing impacts on plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) vary by species identity

2019 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xincheng Li ◽  
Zhongnan Wang ◽  
Deli Wang ◽  
Ling Wang ◽  
Duofeng Pan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
Plateau Pika ◽  
Grazing Impacts ◽  
Ochotona Curzoniae

Soil conservation service on the Tibetan Plateau, 1984–2013

2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 445-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian SUN ◽  
Yu LIU ◽  
Tiancai ZHOU ◽  
Guohua LIU ◽  
Jingsheng WANG
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Alpine Steppe ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Regional Ecological Security

ABSTRACTSoil erosion can pose a serious problem to environmental quality and sustainable development. On the Tibetan Plateau, soil erosion is one of the main challenges to regional ecological security. Our analysis investigates soil erosion and evaluates its economic value in alpine steppe, alpine meadow, alpine desert steppe and forest ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau. Analysis was carried out from 1984 to 2013. The results show that the annual average potential soil erosion, practical soil erosion and soil conservation calculated by the Revised University Soil Loss Equation model were 2.19×109ta–1, 2.16×109ta–1 and 2.72×107ta–1, respectively. The economic value of retaining soil nutrients, reducing the formation of wasteland and the economic benefit of reducing sediment deposition were 1.98×108RMBa–1, 2.55×1012RMBa–1 and 7.44×104RMBa–1, respectively. From comparing different ecosystems, we found that the forest ecosystem had the greatest soil retention and economic values. We also found that the potential and actual soil erosion values were extremely high on the Tibetan Plateau. The study highlights that state and local policymakers must give greater emphasis to ecological protection in the future.

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