Alpine steppe

Alpine-steppe
Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe
Ecology
BiomeMontane grasslands and shrublands
Geography
Climate typeArid

The Alpine-steppe is a high altitude natural alpine grassland, which is a part of the Montane grasslands and shrublands biome.

Alpine-steppes are unique ecosystems found throughout the world, especially in Asia, where they make up 38.9% of the total Tibetan plateau grassland's area.[1]

  1. ^ {Lu, X., Yan, Y., Sun, J., Zhang, X., Chen, Y., Wang, X., & Cheng, G. 2015. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus storage in alpine grassland ecosystems of Tibet: effects of grazing exclusion. Ecology and Evolution, 5(19), 4492–4504.,[1]}