Grassland Ecosystems of China

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Overview of Chinese grassland ecosystems.- Chapter 3. Natural conditions.- Chapter 4. Major regional grasslands in China.- Chapter 5. Type and distribution of Chinese grassland ecosystems.- Chapter 6. Meadow steppe ecosystem.- Chapter 7. Typical steppe ecosystem.- Chapter 8. Desert steppe ecosystem.- Chapter 9. Alpine steppe ecosystem.- Chapter 10. Montane steppe ecosystem.- Chapter 11. Shrub Steppe Ecosystem.- Chapter 12. Sandy grassland ecosystem.- Chapter 13. Desert Rangeland Ecosystem.- Chapter 14. Meadows.- Chapter 15. Marsh Grassland Ecosystem.- Chapter 16. Tussock Grassland Ecosystem.

Dr. Linghao Li is a Professor of Ecology at the Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on vegetation ecology, grassland ecosystem ecology, and restoration ecology, and covers ecological topics such as carbon and nitrogen cycling of terrestrial ecosystems, nutrient use efficiency of grassland plants, and plant root ecology. He received his B. S. from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University in 1986 and Ph. D. from Xiamen University in 1994. He established the Duolun Restoration Ecology Research Station in 2000 and served as the director until 2016. The station is among the most outstanding field research bases of grassland ecology in the world, from which more than 600 research papers have been published in high-profile journals, such as Ecology, Ecology Letters, Global Change Biology, and Journal of Ecology, and others. He has made significant efforts in bringing the achievements of Chinese scholars to the world through English copy-writing and editing of important national monographs such as Vegetation of China, Soils of China, and Tibetan Grasslands.

Dr. Jiquan Chen received his Ph. D. in Ecosystem Analysis from University of Washington in 1991 and is currently a professor at Michigan State University. He was a Bullard Fellow at Harvard University and on the faculty of University of Washington, Michigan Technological University, and University of Toledo. His research and education on grassland ecosystems were rooted in his undergraduate training at Inner Mongolia University (1979-1983) and long term research on the Mongolian Plateau. He has also conducted research on edge effects in fragmented landscapes, 3-D canopy of forests, ecosystem carbon/water/energy fluxes using tower and chambers, riparian zone management, agricultural and bioenergy crops, grassland (rangeland) ecology, dynamics of urban systems, and the role of institution in shaping landscape-regions under the changing globe. He is a