Biotic communities cannot mitigate the negative effects of grazing on multiple ecosystem functions and services in an arid shrubland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 381-395

  Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Eldridge, David J ^b   Delgado Baquerizo, Manuel ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biocrust; Carbon cycling; Chenopod shrublands; Ecosystem services; Grazing; Infiltration; Respiration; Soil function

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOTA; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAZING; INFILTRATION; LIVESTOCK; NITROGEN CYCLE; RESPIRATION; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84961199719     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2754-4     Document Type: Article

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