Climate and soil factors drive the functional and phylogenetic assembly of Qinghai-Tibetan grassland communities via multiple paths by Xiaomei Kang, Yanjun Liu, Xinyang Wu, Lijie Duan, Jiachang Jiang, Aoran Zhang, Wei Qi

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Intercomparison of Solid Precipitation Derived from the Weighting Rain Gauge and Optical Instruments in the Interior Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Lele Zhang, Lin Zhao, Changwei Xie, Guangyue Liu, Liming Gao, Yao Xiao, Jianzong Shi, Yongping Qiao

“…Due to the light precipitation and strong wind in the cold season, it is hard to get credible solid precipitation on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau (QTP). To address this issue, two kinds of optical instruments, the Thies Laser Precipitation Monitor (LPM) and OTT laser-optical Particle Size Velocity (Parsivel), were used on QTP. …”
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Enhancing Solar Energy Prospects: Predicting Direct Normal Irradiance in Qinghai Province Using ALO-RF Modeling by MD Abdul Munnaf, Tawhidul Islam

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Ecological drivers shaping mainstem and tributary fish communities in the upper Jinsha River, southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Pengcheng Lin, Masami Fujiwara, Baoshan Ma, Zhijun Xia, Xinghua Wu, Chunling Wang, Tao Chang, Xin Gao

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Interactions between Climate, Socioeconomics, and Land Dynamics in Qinghai Province, China: A LUCD Model-Based Numerical Experiment by Xiangzheng Deng, Jikun Huang, Yingzhi Lin, Qingling Shi

“…This simulation-based research produces a set of forecast land use data of Qinghai Province, China, applying the land use change dynamics (LUCD) model. …”
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Shrub encroachment alters the diversity of soil fungal communities in topsoil, but not in subsoil under alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau by Wenming Ma, Tenzing Droma, Changting Wang, Xiangli Ma

“…Encroachment of alpine grassland ecosystems by shrubs is widespread in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, effects of shrub encroachment on fungal community structure and its function are limited. …”
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Genetic differentiation and historical dynamics of the endemic species Rheum pumilum on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau inferred from phylogeography implications by Shuliang Liu, Jianxin Gao, Bo Xiao, Wenjie Guo, Qiushi Yu, Ailan Wang, Weiwei Li

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Evaluating livelihood resilience in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau's pastoral communities: Insights from an entropy-TOPSIS and geospatial analysis approach by Tong Li, Lizhen Cui, Zhihong Xu, Xiaoyong Cui, Yanfen Wang

“…To address the gap in evaluating herders' livelihood resilience with a comprehensive methodology, this research harnessed survey data from 758 pastoralists within the Three River Headwater Region (TRHR) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Augmented by focus group discussions and transect walks, we pioneered a livelihood resilience evaluation index that integrates key dimensions of buffer capacity, self-organization, and learning capacity, offering a holistic view of resilience factors. …”
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Occurrence and bioaccumulation of organophosphate flame retardants in high-altitude regions: A comprehensive field survey in Qinghai Province, China by Haibao Zhu, Jinlin Hu, Zheng Ruan, Danhua Liu, Meirong Zhao

“…OPFRs were quantified in soil, grass, tree bark, and wild rat liver samples collected from Qinghai, China (elevation: 2657–4635 m), and their occurrence and bioaccumulation behaviors were systematically investigated. …”
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Exploring the decline in health index of the Qarhan salt lake region in Qinghai Province, China: A 40-year assessment by Pengfei Ji, Qian Shen, Ru Wang, Yue Yao, Bing Zhang, Wenting Xu, Yuting Zhang, Wenqi Kou, Wenxin Li

“…The SLHI is a composite index that reflects the overall health status of salt lakes. Located in Qinghai Province, China, the Qarhan Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in China, consisting of four lakes: Dabuxun, South Hobson, North Hobson, and Se-nie. …”
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Defining and preparing for diversity teacherhood—Chinese Minzu (“ethnic”) teacher education as an example by Ning Chen, Fred Dervin

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Holocene Activity Characteristics and Seismic Risk of Major Earthquakes in the Middle Segment of the Jinshajiang Fault Zone, East of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau by Mingjian Liang, Naifei Luo, Yunxi Dong, Ling Tan, Jinrong Su, Weiwei Wu

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A new approach for evaluating regional permafrost changes: A case study in the Hoh Xil on the interior Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau by Yu-Xin Zhang, Lin Zhao, Chang-Wei Xie, Guo-Jie Hu, Shu-Hua Yang, De-Fu Zou, Yong-Ping Qiao, Xiang-Fei Li, Jia-Jie Peng

“…The current spatial atmospheric forcing data cannot accurately depict the actual conditions of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), where monitoring stations are scarce and unevenly distributed. …”
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Assessing the performance and interpretability of the CNN-LSTM-Attention model for daily streamflow forecasting in typical basins of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Chuchu Zhang, Yuyan Zhou, Fan Lu, Jianwei Liu, Jiayue Zhang, Zeying Yin, Mengyi Ji, Baoqi Li

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Thermal enhancement of targeted cooling thermosyphon array applied to the embankment–bridge transition section of the Qinghai–Tibet Railway in warm permafrost by Kun Chen, Guo-Yu Li, Qi-Hao Yu, Yan-Hui You, Ming-Yang Jin, Jin-Xin Lu, Yao-Jun Zhao

“…Permafrost degradation in the embankment–bridge transition section (EBTS) along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway has led to extensive damage to bridge structures, posing a serious threat to railway safety. …”
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Gut microbiota profiles of sympatric snub-nosed monkeys and macaques in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau show influence of phylogeny over diet by Chen Zhang, Yang Yu, Ling Yue, Yi Chen, Yixin Chen, Yang Liu, Cheng Guo, Qianqian Su, Zuofu Xiang

“…Abstract The unique environment of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau provides a great opportunity to study how primate intestinal microorganisms adapt to ecosystems. …”
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Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology Reveal Four New Species of <i>Conocybe</i> (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China by Xi-Xi Han, Dorji Phurbu, Bin Cao, Jia-Xin Li, Xin-Yu Zhu, Lin-Hui Liu, Naritsada Thongklang, Kevin D. Hyde, Rui-Lin Zhao

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GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Information, Frequency Ratio, and Artificial Neural Network Methods in Qinghai Province, Northwestern China by Bin Li, Nianqin Wang, Jing Chen

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the landslide susceptibility of Huangyuan County of Qinghai. Through field investigations, 100 landslide disaster locations in the study area were selected, and 11 influencing factors including elevation, slope, aspect, plane curvature, profile curvature, road distance, river distance, fault distance, stratum rock property, vegetation coverage index, and terrain humidity index were selected as the influencing factors of landslide disaster based on GIS. …”
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Characteristics of the Bacterial Community in Alpine Meadows in Response to Altitude and Aspect in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China by Qiang Li, Ying Zhang, Xiaoni Liu, Fan Yang

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Divergence of alpine plant populations of three Gentianaceae species in the Qinling sky Island by Peng-Cheng Fu, Bing-Jie Mo, He-Xin Wan, Shu-Wen Yang, Rui Xing, Shan-Shan Sun

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