Small-scale species richness and its spatial variation in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-663

  Chen, Jun ^a   Yamamura, Yasuo ^a   Hori, Yoshimichi ^a   Shiyomi, Masae ^b   Yasuda, Taisuke ^c   Zhou, Hua Kun ^d   Li, Ying Nian ^d   Tang, Yan Hong ^e  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grazing; Kobresia meadow; Qinghai alpine meadow; Winter grazing

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MEADOW; PASTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

KOBRESIA;

EID: 46749151351     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0423-7     Document Type: Article

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