Indirect Effects of Grazing on Wind-Dispersed Elm Seeds in Sparse Woodlands of Northern China

Grazing leads to the reduction of biomass and plays a critical role in land degradation in arid and semiarid lands. However, the indirect effects of grazing on the ecosystem, e.g., the effect on seed dispersal, have not been well understood. In this study, we built an agent-based model (ABM) to simu...

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Main Authors: Yi Tang, Mingyu Liu, Zhanli Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Land
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/12/490