Yushou Ma Editor

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 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 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 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 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.