National Natural Science Foundation of China(30960264 and 31160475);Science and technology program of Gansu province(1107RJYA058);open project of Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem(Gansu Agricultural University),Ministry of Education(CYZS–2011014);Fund of technology innovation commemorated Sheng Tongsheng in Gansu Agricultural University(GSAU-STS-1304 and GSAU-STS-1505)
Rangeland systems play an important role in ecological stabilization and the terrestrial carbon cycle in arid and semiarid regions. However, little is known about the vegetative carbon dynamics and climatic and topog-...