Journal of Ecology Senior Editor Richard Bardgett shares some images from his fieldwork this year.

Wasdale Head in the Lake District, UK (Photo: R. Bardgett) 

Grassland research sites at Wasdale Head in the English Lake District, where we are studying how grassland management alters the resistance and resilience of ecosystem properties to climate extremes.

Vent, Tyrol, Austria (Photo: R Bardgett)

Collecting soil carbon dioxide flux data after snow melt as part of a combined snow cover and vegetation (dwarf-shrub) manipulation experiment in alpine grassland at Vent.

Vent, Tyrol, Austria (Photo: R Bardgett)

Setting up plots for ¹⁵N labelling experiments within a combined snow cover and vegetation manipulation experiment in alpine grassland at Vent.

Golog, Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China (Photo: R Bardgett)

Grassland restoration sites where on-going studies are examining how grassland degradation influences soil properties and processes key to soil health, and identifying effective restoration.

Golog, Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China (Photo: R Bardgett)

Severely degraded grasslands in Golog, Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.

Inner Mongolia (Photo: R Bardgett)

Visiting grassland research sites of the Grassland Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of National Sciences, Inner Mongolia.

Richard Bardgett, Journal of Ecology Senior Editor and University of Manchester, UK

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