Impacts of plateau pikas on soil organic matter and moisture content in alpine meadow

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-337

  Li, Wenjing ^a,b   Zhang, Yanming ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae; Soil moisture; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; LAGOMORPH; MEADOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 33846447806     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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