Oats hay supplementation to yak grazing alpine meadow improves carbon return to the soil of grassland ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Oats hay supplementation to yak grazing alpine meadow improves carbon return to the soil of grassland ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Supplementation of livestock feed is a common strategy for improving animal production in pasture-based systems worldwide. On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China, however, the grassland ecosystem is fragile and therefore sensitive to disruption by external forces. We therefore investigated the effect...

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Main Authors: C. Yang, F. Hou, Y. Sun, H. Yuan, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, S. Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Yak
Grazing system
Supplementation
Carbon cycling
Litter
Dung
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420306995

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