Effects of mowing regimes and climate variability on hay production of Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvelev grassland in northern China

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 593-600

  Baoyin, Taogetao ^a   Li, Frank Yonghong ^a,b   Bao, Qinghai ^a   Minggagud, Hugjiltu ^a   Zhong, Yankai ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

annual herbage production; climatic variation; long term effects; mowing frequency; net herbage accumulation; semiarid steppe

Indexed keywords

LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 84915763054     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ13088     Document Type: Article

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