Forage competition between livestock and Mongolian Pika (Ochotona pallasi) in Southern Mongolian mountain steppes

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-157

  Retzer, Vroni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agropyron cristatum; Allium polyrrhizum; Drought; Exclosure experiment; Grazing; Ochotona pallasi; Phytomass production; Resource competition; Stipa krylovii

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA PALLASI; OCHOTONIDAE; STIPA; STIPA KRYLOVII;

EID: 33846634074     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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