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This book provides a comprehensive overview of grassland ecosystems based on publications by Chinese scholars. It offers an up-to-date review of the recent advances in grassland research in China, discusses the climatic and physical conditions governing the grasslands, describes their types and distribution, and introduces a new classification scheme for grassland ecosystems. Further, it details the plant, animal, and microbial compositions of each grassland ecosystem type, examining the above and below ground relationships between phytomass, vegetation succession, and past/current management practices with a particular focus on the steppes in China. It also includes references that are only available in the Chinese language.

This scientifically rigorous book offers insights into knowledge gaps for the scientific community and identifies pressing issues facing practitioners of grassland ecology and management. It can be used as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in ecology, environmental science, natural resource management, agriculture, and other relevant fields, and is also a valuable reference resource for researchers studying drylands in China or around the globe.

Grassland Ecosystems of China: A Synthesis and Resume

Chapter 1 Introduction
Linghao Li Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
Xingguo Han Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
This chapter discusses various definitions concerning grasslands, discusses extent of the world grasslands, put forwards the classification of the Chinese grasslands, and elaborates the history of grassland ecosystem research in China as well as current advances in grassland ecosystem studies. 

Chapter 2 Overview of the Chinese grassland ecosystems
Linghao Li Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
Xingguo Han Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
This Chapter briefly introduces the distribution and diverse grassland types, the floras, major steppe plants, soils, degradation, shrinkage of within-grassland water bodies, biodiversity of the wildlife, pests of rodents and insects, etc. 

Chapter 3 Natural conditions 
Linghao Li Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science 
Wenhao Zhang Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science 
This Chapter gives important background information on the physical features, climate, and soils in China.

Chapter 4 Major regional grasslands in China
Linghao Li Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
Wenhao Zhang Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
This Chapter summarizes the basic characteristics of regional grasslands, notably Tibetan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Gansu grasslands, also discusses the thirteen nationally important regional grasslands at prefecture's level. 

Chapter 5 Type and distribution of the Chinese grassland ecosystems
Linghao Li Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
This Chapter involves methodology and approaches for classification: classification of Chinese grasslands, the distribution of Chinese grassland ecosystems, as well as the areal extent, regional distribution, horizontal and vertical distribution Patterns. 

Chapter 6 Meadow steppe ecosystem
Linghao Li Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
This Chapter deals with various aspects of the meadow grassland ecosystem, with respect to the distribution and geographic features, soils, floristic and ecological characteristics, vegetation, canopy and root biomass, succession, fauna such mammals, avifauna, amphibians and reptiles, Rodentia, Insecta, soil fauna, micro-organisms, and land use and management. 

Chapter 7-16 have the same content structure as Chapter 6
Linghao Li Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science
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