Dynamics of vegetation and soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation over 26 years under controlled grazing in a desert shrubland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 257-268

  Zhou, Zhi Yu ^a   Li, Feng Rui ^b   Chen, Shan Ke ^c   Zhang, Hong Rong ^a   Li, Guangdi ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Alxa League Grassland Station   (China)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid desert ecosystems; Haloxylon ammodendron; Livestock control; Long term monitoring; Soil carbon stock; Soil nitrogen stock; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOME; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESERT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; OVERGRAZING; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHEEP; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952625659     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0641-6     Document Type: Article

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