Effect of grazing on community characteristics and species diversity of Stipa purpurea alpine grassland in Northern Tibet

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3892-3900

  Duan, Minjie ^a,b   Gao, Qingzhu ^a,b   Wan, Yunfan ^a,b   Li, Yue ^a,b   Guo, Yaqi ^a,b   Danjiu, Luobu ^c   Luosang, Jiacuo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Grassland Station of Naqu Prefecture in Tibet   (China)

Author keywords

Communities characteristics; Grazing intensity; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Stipa purpurea grassland; diversity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MEADOW; OVERGRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT PRODUCT; POPULATION DECLINE; RESEARCH WORK; SEA LEVEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; XIZANG;

CAREX; POACEAE; STIPA;

EID: 79952635475     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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