Effect of a grazing ban on restoring the degraded alpine meadows of Northern Tibet, China

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-95

  Zhang, W N ^a,b   Ganjurjav, H ^a,b   Liang, Y ^a,b   Gao, Q Z ^a,b   Wan, Y F ^a,b   Li, Y ^a,b   Baima, Y Z ^c   Xirao, Z M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Nagqu Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

alpine meadow; biomass; grazing ban; soil nutrients; species diversity

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84923641652     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ14092     Document Type: Article

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