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Changes in ecosystem factors with elevation. (a) Spatial pattern of the TOP flux across the Tibetan Plateau over 1990–2005 (historical) on average (kg m⁻²) based on nine CMIP5 models. Trends in (b) observed‐climatic, (c) plant, (d) soil, and (e) microbial indicators along the elevational gradients occurred during 2013–2014. TOP, terrestrial oxygen production; CMIP5, fifth coupled model intercomparison project.
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Ecosystem imbalance is often associated with a feedback mechanism, which a self‐amplifying or ‐dampening process expressed by a pathway of causal processes that come back to its starting point, establishing a cycle. Warming, which is increasing worldwide due to human activities, influences the structure and functioning of ecosystems, has threatened...
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