Grazing effects on surface energy fluxes in a desert steppe on the Mongolian Plateau:

Ecological Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 485-502

  Shao, Changliang ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^a   Li, Linghao ^b   Dong, Gang ^c   Han, Juanjuan ^b   Abraha, Michael ^a   John, Ranjeet ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

available energy; cooling effect; ecosystem function; ecosystem stability; eddy covariance; energy balance; energy partitioning; land use change; latent heat; net radiation; sensible heat; soil heat

Indexed keywords

DESERT SOIL; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET RADIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEPPE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

MONGOLIAN PLATEAU;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SHEEP; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; RAIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85014527044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1459     Document Type: Article

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