Grazing exclusion alters ecosystem carbon pools in Alxa desert steppe

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-142

  Niu, D ^a   Hall, S J ^b   Fu, H ^a   Kang, J ^a   Qin, Y ^a   Elserb, J J ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing exclusion; Soil inorganic carbon; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic carbon; Soil properties; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CARBON CYCLE; GRAZING PRESSURE; INORGANIC CARBON; OVERGRAZING; PHYTOMASS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STEPPE;

ALXA DESERT; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 81255125322     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2011.576683     Document Type: Article

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