Effects of grazing regimes on plant traits and soil nutrients in an alpine steppe, Northern Tibetan Plateau.

Understanding the impact of grazing intensity on grassland production and soil fertility is of fundamental importance for grassland conservation and management. We thus compared three types of alpine steppe management by studying vegetation traits and soil properties in response to three levels of g...

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Main Authors: Jian Sun, Xiaodan Wang, Genwei Cheng, Jianbo Wu, Jiangtao Hong, Shuli Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4182571?pdf=render