supported by the National Research,Development and Innovation Office,Hungary[grant number FK 134384 to L.E.,KKP 144068 and K 137573 to P.T.,and FK 142428 to Z.B.];the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences(to L.E.and Z.B.);the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship(to K.V.H.and I.P.)。
In the Eurasian forest-steppe,with increasing aridity,the balance between naturally co-existing forest and grassland patches is expected to shift towards grassland dominance in the long run,although feedback mechanism...
funding from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology(INTA-I099)and BIRF-8867(GIRSAR 2.3.3,Project 12,2022).
Adaptive management in arid and semi-arid regions of Patagonia,Argentina,requires a thorough understanding of vegetative dynamics,which can be obtained via rangeland assessment and monitoring.These practices are essen...
“In the culture of the Kazak ethnic group,people only develop intimacy-either friendship or love-after they truly see and understand one another clearly.For this reason,in their language,the phrase‘I like you'also m...
The study was supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(2019QZKK0206);Outreach Projects of the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather(2015LASW-A01).
The Kherlen River is the main water source for Hulun Lake,the largest lake in northern China.Due to reduced inflow from the Kherlen River,Hulun Lake experienced rapid shrinkage at the beginning of the 21st century,pos...
Predictive assessments of the geomorphological systems’ behavior under climate warming in southern Siberia have been performed based on time-series data, using theoretical and empirical models of processes. High sens...
Regularities of rank distributions and binary relations between nine parameters are given.The most active are the geographical coordinates of 48 test sites.This proves that the geomorphology of the steppes in Mongolia...
The bioclimatic regularities between the average annual precipitation,average annual temperatures and the density of organic carbon in the soil layer of 0-30 cm of the steppes in the regions of the world are given.The...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(41775108);Agriculture to Climate Change(132020010406);Industry of National Public Welfare(Meteorological)Scientific Research(GYHY201406034).Conflict of interest.None declared.
Aims Extreme climate events have become more severe and frequent with global change in recent years.The Chinese temperate steppes are an important component of the Eurasian steppes and highly sensitive and vulnerable ...
Key Program of National Fundamental Scientific Research funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China:Integrated Scientific Investigation in Data-deficient Regions of the Tibetan Plateau(2012FY111400);Redaction of Vegetation of China(2015FY210200).
Aims As a unique geographical unit of the earth,the tibetan Plateau is extensively covered by various Stipa communities.However,their vegetation features have not been reported systematically till now,especially in so...
funded by the Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique of Algeria
Since 1960, the steppe regions of North Africa have been subject to an increasing desertification, including the degradation of traditional pastures. The initially dominant species (Artemisia herba-alba, Lygeum spart...