Modeling SOC and NPP responses of meadow steppe to different grazing intensities in Northeast China

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 72-78

  Wang, Yuhui ^a,b   Zhou, Guangsheng ^a,b   Jia, Bingrui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Grazing intensity; Meadow steppe; NPP; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANNING; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SOILS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SULFATE MINERALS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

(PL) PROPERTIES; CASE STUDIES; CENTURY MODEL; ELSEVIER (CO); GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; HUMAN BEINGS; IN ORDER; KEY FACTORS; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY (NPP ); NORTHEAST CHINA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

GRAZING PRESSURE; MEADOW; MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STEPPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 48149111675     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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