Impact of rainfall variability and grazing pressure on plant diversity in Mongolian grasslands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-476

  Cheng, Y ^a   Tsubo, M ^a   Ito, T Y ^a   Nishihara, E ^b   Shinoda, M ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climatic variation; Dry land; Grazing gradient; Species richness; Steppe

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 79951769581     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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