Effects of livestock exclusion on vegetation and soil properties under two topographic habitats in an alpine meadow on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-133

  Shi, Fusun ^a,b   Chen, Huai ^b,c   Wu, Yan ^a   Wu, Ning ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Livestock excluded pasture; Qinghai tibetan plateau; Soil properties; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BULK DENSITY; DESERTIFICATION; FORAGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LITTER; MEADOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE; SLOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL WATER; TRANSFORMATION; VALLEY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77955962517     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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