Performance of cultivated perennial grass mixtures under different grazing intensities in the alpine region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-306

  Dong, S K ^a,b   Kang, M Y ^a   Hu, Z Z ^b   Long, R ^b   Pu, X P ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Herbage intake; Herbage mass; LAI; Plant species composition; Sheep grazing; Tibet

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAZING PRESSURE; LEAF AREA INDEX; SHEEP; SWARD;

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

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; ELYMUS; LAMB; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 4644219826     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2004.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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