Characteristics and influence factors of the swamp degradation under the stress of grazing in the Zoige Plateau

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5956-5969

  Li, Ke ^a   Yang, Yongxing ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Han, Dayong ^a  

^a Tongji University ^*  (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation characteristic; Degradation influence factors; Graze; Plateau swamp; Zoige Plateau

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALKALINITY; BULK DENSITY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PASTURE; PH; POROSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; SWAMP; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ZOIGE PLATEAU;

CAREX; CAREX MEYERIANA; POTENTILLA;

EID: 80054886664     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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