Comparison of vegetation changes along grazing gradients with different numbers of livestock

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 687-690

  Hoshino, A ^a   Yoshihara, Y ^a   Sasaki, T ^a   Okayasu, T ^a   Jamsran, U ^b   Okuro, T ^a   Takeuchi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Grazing intensity; Mongolia; Plant functional type; Rangeland ecology; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 64849087767     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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