The effect of land management on plant community composition, species diversity, and productivity of alpine Kobersia steppe meadow

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-187

  Wang, Wenying ^a,b   Wang, Qiji ^c   Wang, Huichun ^a  

^a QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine steppe meadow; Land degradation; Productivity; Rehabilitation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CAREX; POACEAE;

EID: 33746429441     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0108-z     Document Type: Article

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