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  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Biodiversity Research

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  • Understanding biodiversity and ecosystem functions under environmental change is crucial.
  • Mechanisms linking multi-dimensional biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and environmental gradients are poorly understood.

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  • To analyze the effects of warming and grazing on plant and soil microbial biodiversity, productivity, and community stability.
  • To investigate these relationships in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau.

Main Methods:

  • Field experiment simulating multi-gradient warming and grazing.
  • Analysis of plant and soil microbial diversity, community productivity, and stability.

Main Results:

  • Warming below ~1°C benefited alpine grasslands; moderate grazing increased soil fungal diversity.
  • Warming shifted plant biomass below ground in response to decreased soil moisture.
  • Community stability was unaffected by warming or grazing and not correlated with productivity.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental factors, rather than biodiversity, were the primary drivers of community stability and productivity.
  • Alpine grassland responses to warming and grazing are complex, with specific thresholds for beneficial effects.