Effect of grazing intensity on carbon and nitrogen in soil and vegetation in a meadow steppe in Inner Mongolia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Han, Guodong ^a   Hao, Xiying ^b   Zhao, Mengli ^a   Wang, Mingjun ^a   Ellert, Ben H ^b   Willms, Walter ^b   Wang, Mingjiu ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Dairy cattle; Rangeland; Soil properties; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEADOW; RANGELAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

BOS;

EID: 40849126626     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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