Effects of livestock exclusion and climate change on aboveground biomass accumulation in alpine pastures across the Northern Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 4332-4340

  Wu, Jianshuang ^a   Zhang, Xianzhou ^a   Shen, Zhenxi ^a   Shi, Peili ^a   Yu, Chengqun ^a   Chen, Baoxiong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine pasture management; Changtang Nature Reserve; Economic group composition; Functional group composition; Livestock grazing exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909990980     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0362-y     Document Type: Article

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