Soil microbial communities and the associated effect on soil organic carbon in response to plateau pika bioturbation in alpine grasslands
Alpine grasslands are vital in regulating carbon balance on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) because of the large soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, while persistent disturbance from the endemic small semifossorial herbivore, plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae, hereafter pika), may break this balance....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-10-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989423001968 |