Assessment of effects of climate change and grazing activity on grassland yield in the Three Rivers Headwaters Region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 571-584

  Fan, Jiang Wen ^a   Shao, Quan Qin ^a   Liu, Ji Yuan ^a   Wang, Jun Bang ^a   Harris, Warwick ^b   Chen, Zhuo Qi ^a   Zhong, Hua Ping ^a   Xu, Xin Liang ^a   Liu, Rong Gao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Grassland yield; Seasonal grazing utilization; Three Rivers Headwaters Region (Sanjiangyuan)

Indexed keywords

ALPINE MEADOW; ANIMAL PRODUCTION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; GLO-PEM MODEL; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; GRASSLAND YIELD; GRAZING PRESSURE; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INTERANNUAL; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SEASONAL GRAZING UTILIZATION; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SUPPLY FUNCTION; SUSTAINABLE USE; THREE RIVERS HEADWATERS REGION (SANJIANGYUAN); YIELD TRENDS;

ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RIVER WATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; YIELD;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; RANGELAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEPPE; TREND STUDY;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE; RIVERS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957688273     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1258-1     Document Type: Article

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