Effects of grazing exclusion on soil carbon and nitrogen storage in semi-arid grassland in Inner Mongolia, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 479-487

  Wu, Xing ^a,b   Li, Zongshan ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Lu, Fei ^a   Wang, Dongbo ^c   Liu, Huifeng ^a   Liu, Guohua ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c Local Maritime Bureau of Hulun Buir   (China)

Author keywords

grassland management; grazing exclusion; Hulun Buir grassland; Returning Grazing Lands to Grasslands (RGLG) program; semi arid grassland; soil carbon storage; soil nitrogen storage

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84904871396     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0694-1     Document Type: Article

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