Grassland Degradation, Restoration, and Sustainable Management of Global Alpine Areas

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction
1. An overview of grassland resources of alpine area on the earth
2. History of grassland study and management
3. Grassland degradation
4. Alpine steppe degradation
5. Alpine desert steppe degradation
6. Overgrazing and grassland degradation
7. Climate change and grassland degradation
8. Soil changes during grassland degradation
9. Biodiversity and ecological function change with grassland degradation

Part 3: Grassland restoration
10. Restoration of degraded alpine meadow
11. Restoration of degraded alpine steppe
12. Restoration of degraded alpine desert steppe
13. Local seed resources and development for grassland restoration engineering
14. Growth promoting microorganisms for grassland restoration engineering
15. Control of rodents, caterpillars, and toxic plants
16. Biochar utilization for grassland restoration
17. Water utilization for grassland restoration
18. Active restoration of degraded grassland

Part 4: Grassland sustainable management
19. Sustainable grazing
20. Social economy and intuitional development for grassland management
21. Local knowledge and application in grassland restoration
22. AI technology and application in grassland restoration
23. Mitigating climate change for the grassland restoration
24. Co-grazing system for wild herbivores and livestock in grassland national park
25. Systematic coupling and modeling in sustainable grassland management
26. Landscape pathway and modeling in sustainable grassland management
27. Philosophy and ethics of grassland sustainable management

Authors

Zhanhuan Shang Professor, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, China. Zhanhuan Shang is a full Professor in the College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, China. He has studied grassland ecosystem of alpine area for more than 15 years and has published more 200 papers and books. His detailed CV is available at the end of the document A Allan Degen Emeritus professor, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. A. Allan Degen is an emeritus professor at Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel from 2014. He does research on livestock production under harsh conditions and has co-operated in projects in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Kenya, South Africa and China. He has authored or co-authored 16 books or chapters and over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Shikui Dong Professor, School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forest University, China. Shikui Dong is a full Professor in the School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forest University. He has more than 20 years of experience in studying grassland science and ecology of the alpine area, and has published more than 300 papers and books. Huakun Zhou Professor, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, CAS, Vining, China. Huakun Zhou is a full Professor in the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, CAS. He has more than 20 years of experience in studying the ecology of alpine grassland on the alpine area, and has published more than 200 papers and books. Yushou Ma Professor, Grassland Science, Qinghai University, China. Yushou Ma is a full Professor in Qinghai University. He has more than 30 years of experience in studying grassland science in the alpine area and has published more 200 papers and books.