Effects of grazing on a Leymus chinensis grassland on the Songnen plain of north-eastern China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-318

  Renzhong, Wang ^a   Ripley, Earle A ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Grassland; Grazing; Leymus chinensis; Plant community; Population; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

LEYMUS CHINENSIS; AELUROPUS LITTORALIS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS; CHENOPODIACEAE; CHLORIS VIRGATA; FABACEAE; POACEAE; PUCCINELLIA TENUIFLORA; SUAEDA CORNICULATA;

GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HALOPHYTE; OVERGRAZING;

CHINA, FILIN PROVINCE, SONGNEN PLAIN;

EID: 0031150346     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0214     Document Type: Article

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