Plant communities of central Tibetan pastures in the Alpine Steppe/Kobresia pygmaea ecotone

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 711-723

  Miehe, G ^a   Miehe, S ^a   Bach, K ^a   Nolling J ^a   Hanspach, J ^b   Reudenbach, C ^a   Kaiser, K ^c   Wesche, K ^d   Mosbrugger, V ^e   Yang, Y P ^f   Ma, Y M ^f  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

^d SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ecology; Grazing; Plant functional types; Qinghai Tibet plateau; Remote sensing; Steppe

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIVESTOCK; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLICY APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SMALL MAMMAL; STEPPE; TOLERANCE; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CAREX; KOBRESIA PYGMAEA; KOBRESIA SCHOENOIDES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955745785     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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