Complementary effects of disturbance by livestock and marmots on the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation and soil in a Mongolian steppe ecosystem

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Yoshihara, Yu ^a   Okuro, Toshiya ^a   Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar ^b   Undarmaa, Jamsran ^c   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Degradation indicator species; Ecosystem engineers; Grazing; Mongolian steppe; Multiple spatial scales

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DEGRADATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; RODENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 70350029600     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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