Assessing revegetation effectiveness on an extremely degraded grassland, southern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, using terrestrial LiDAR and field data

The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is one of the most difficult eco-regions for revegetation on degraded grassland because of its harsh environment. Micro-topography could affect habitat conditions important to ecological restoration on sandy land; however, the interaction between revegetation and micro-topography has been rarely reported on sand dunes of the QTP. Here, we quantified vegetation (including coverage, leaf area index (LAI), height,...