Grazing intensity on vegetation dynamics of a typical steppe in northeast Inner Mongolia

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-336

  Liang, Yan ^a   Han, Guodong ^b   Zhou, He ^a   Zhao, Mengli ^b   Snyman, Hennie A ^c   Shan, Dan ^b   Havstad, Kris M ^d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage utilization; Grazed ecosystem; Inner Mongolia grasslands; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; STEPPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHIFENG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KESHIKETENG; NEI MONGGOL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; STIPA GRANDIS;

EID: 68149171476     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-167.1     Document Type: Article

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