Changes in plant community composition and soil properties under 3-decade grazing exclusion in semiarid grassland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-178

  Jing, Zhaobin ^a   Cheng, Jimin ^a   Su, Jishuai ^a   Bai, Yu ^a   Jin, Jingwei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community; Grazing exclusion; Semiarid grassland; Soil nutrient; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; GRAZING EXCLUSION; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SUCCESSION;

ARID REGIONS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84892667881     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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