Understanding the effects of a new grazing policy: The impact of seasonal grazing on shrub demography in the Inner Mongolian steppe

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1377-1386

  Li, Shou Li ^a,b,e   Yu, Fei Hai ^a,c   Werger, Marinus J A ^b   Dong, Ming ^a,g   Ramula, Satu ^e,f   Zuidema, Pieter A ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^g HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caragana intermedia; Elasticity; Grazing; Integral projection model; Life Table Response Experiments; Semi arid sandland; Shrub demography; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LIFE TABLE; LIVESTOCK; OVERGRAZING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING; SHRUB; STEPPE; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 84887616098     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12159     Document Type: Article

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