Changes in plant functional groups, litter quality, and soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization with sheep grazing in an Inner Mongolian Grassland

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Barger, Nichole N ^a   Ojima, Dennis S ^b   Belnap, Jayne ^c   Shiping, Wang ^d   Yanfen, Wang ^d   Chen, Zuozhong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia frigida; Stipa grandis; Typical steppe

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING; LEAF LITTER; MINERALIZATION; SOIL CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; CAREX DURIUSCULA;

EID: 15944373535     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2004)057[0613:cipfgl]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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