本成果由专著一部，研究论文100余篇，技术规程和专利5套构成。
　  本研究阐明了三江源区生态环境退化成因、机理与生态过程。针对青藏高原高寒草地退化的现状，构建了3大类7个生态恢复重建模式，提供了适合当地的退化草地治理技术体系13套，并从中筛选出效益最佳模式，建立各类型退化草地人工恢复试验研究平台3个。与青海省贵南草业开发有限责任公司、省牧草良种繁殖场等农牧企业合作开发不同用途系列配方饲料，已形成一个饲草料加工生产基地，一个三江源区生态移民新村牛、羊高效育肥实验与示范基地，一个农牧交错区牛、羊舍饲圈养和育肥基地，示范辐射效应极其明显。
代表性论文：
1. Zhou H. K., Zhao X. Q., Tang Y. H., et al. Alpine grassland degradation and its control in the source region of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, China. Grassland Science. 2005, 51:191-203.
2. Zhou H. K., Zhou L., Zhao X. Q., et al. Stability of alpine meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin 2006, 51(3):320-326.
3. Xu S. X., Zhao X. Q., Sun P., et al. A Simulative Study on Effect of Climate Warming on Nutrient Contents and In Vitro Digestibility of Herbage Grown in Tibetan Plateau. Acta Botanica Sinica 2002, 44(11): 1357-1364.
4. Dong Q. M., Zhao X.Q., Ma Y. S., et al. Live-weight gain, apparent digestibility, and economic benefits of yaks fed different diets during winter on the Tibetan plateau. Livestock Science 2005,101: 2-9.
5. Xue. B., Zhao X.Q., Zhang Y. S. Seasonal changes in weight and body composition of yak grazing of alpine-meadow grassland in the Qinghai-Tibetan of China. Journal of Animal Science 2005, 83:1908－1913.
6. Long, R.J., Dong, S.K., Hu, Z.Z., Shi, J.J., Dong, Q.M., Han, X.T. Digestibility, nutrient balance and unrinary purine derivative excretion in dry cows fed oat hay at different levels of intake. Livestock Production Science. 2004，88: 27-32.
7. Zhou H K., Tang Y H., Zhao X Q., Zhou L.　 Long-term grazing alters species composition and biomass of a shrub meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2006, 38(4): 1055-1069.
8. Jun Chen, Yasuo Yamamura, Yoshimichi Hori, Masae Shiyomi, Taisuke Yasuda, Hua-kun Zhou, Ying-nian Li, Yan-hong Tang. Small-scale species richness and its spatial variationin an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Ecol Res. 2008  DOI 10.1007/ s11284-007-0423-7
9. Gu, S., Y. Tang, X. Cui, M. Du, L. Zhao, Y. Li, S. Xu, H. Zhou, T. Kato, P. Qi, and X. Zhao 2008  Characterizing evapotranspiration over a meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D08118, doi:10.1029/2007JD009173
10. Liu Hanwu, Zhou Li. 2007. Modeling dispersal of the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) using a cellular automata model. Ecological Modelling. 202.