Effect of fencing and grazing on a Kobresia-dominated meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Plant and Soil

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 115-126

  Wu, Gao Lin ^a   Du, Guo Zhen ^a   Liu, Zhen Heng ^b   Thirgood, Simon ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Maqu Alpine Grassland Workstation   (China)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fencing; Functional group; Grazing; Plant community; Productivity; Soil nutrient; Structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FORAGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING; MEADOW; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDGE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

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

KOBRESIA;

EID: 67349242261     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9854-3     Document Type: Article

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