Advances in research on the effects of exclosure on grasslands

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 5039-5046

  Yan, Yu Chun ^a,b   Tang, Hai Ping ^c   Xin, Xiao Ping ^a,b   Wang, Xu ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community succession; Diversity; Exclosure; Grassland; Productivity; Seed bank; Soil; Time scale

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOOD INTAKE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; NEW SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECOVERY PLAN; REGENERATION; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TIMESCALE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350168936     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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