Response of plant diversity and productivity to soil resources changing under grazing disturbance on an alpine meadow

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4144-4152

  Wang, Chang Ting ^a   Long, Rui Jun ^a,b   Wang, Qi Lan ^a   Cao, Guang Min ^a   Shi, Jian Jun ^c   Du, Yan Gong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Grazing disturbance; Plant community succession; Plant diversity; Productivity; Response; Soil resources

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOME; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

KOBRESIA PYGMAEA;

EID: 54549114412     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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