… –6000 m asl Kobresia's resilience and competitiveness is based on dwarf habit, predominantly
below-… The aim of this review is therefore to summarize recent findings relating to the: …

… Therefore, our study is focused on the effect of grazing on (i) short-term allocation of recent
assimilates below-ground, (ii) medium-term effects on the living and dead root biomass and (…

… , and 72C for 45 s followed by a melting curve, consisting of 95C for 15 s, 60 C for 30 s, and
a subsequent temperature increase until 95C with a ramp rate of 0.03C s −1 . PCR inhibition …

The montane grassland soils of Europe store significant amounts of nitrogen (N), and climate
change might drive their volatilization due to the stimulation of gaseous nitrous oxide (N 2 O…

A widespread pattern of the Tibetan plateau is mosaics of grasslands of Cyperaceae and
grasses with forbs, interspersed with patches covered by lichen crusts induced by overgrazing. …

Montane grasslands of C entral E urope are expected to be exposed to strong warming and
to altered precipitation patterns, suggesting that biosphere–atmosphere–hydrosphere …

The Kobresia pastures of the Tibetan Plateau represent the world’s largest alpine grassland
ecosystem. These pastures remained stable during the last millennia of nomadic animal …

Kobresia grasslands on Tibetan Plateau have accumulated tremendous organic carbon (C)
stocks, are an important grazing ground for local herdsmen, host a major portion of the …

… CaCO3-derived CO2 is of minor importance and is not included in this study. CO2 from the
first and second sources originates from SOM decomposition; thus their sum represents SOM-…

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.A widespread pattern of the Tibetan plateau is mosaics of
grasslands of Cyperaceae and grasses with forbs, interspersed with patches covered by lichen …