Track 1-14: Implementing and Monitoring Management Strategies to Deal with Variability in Grasslands at Farm Level
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Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
Heavy grazing substantially influences grassland vegetation and animal nutrition on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau (Guo et al. 2003). Degradation is characterized by a reduction in vegetation height, reduced ground cover decrease in species diversity (Wang et al. 2007).
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of short-term exclusion from grazing on aboveground herbage, forage nutritive value, and soil moisture in an alpine meadow in the eastern zone of the plateau. Three farms, applying different intensity of grazing over the summer months, were compared.
Citation
Liu, Haibo; Wu, Jianping; Wang, Wen; Jin, Xiaoli; Liu, Zhenheng; and Du, Wenhua, "Aboveground Biomass and Soil Moisture as Affected by Short-Term Grazing Exclusion in Eastern Alpine Meadows of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 7.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/1-14/7)
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Aboveground Biomass and Soil Moisture as Affected by Short-Term Grazing Exclusion in Eastern Alpine Meadows of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
Sydney, Australia
Heavy grazing substantially influences grassland vegetation and animal nutrition on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau (Guo et al. 2003). Degradation is characterized by a reduction in vegetation height, reduced ground cover decrease in species diversity (Wang et al. 2007).
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of short-term exclusion from grazing on aboveground herbage, forage nutritive value, and soil moisture in an alpine meadow in the eastern zone of the plateau. Three farms, applying different intensity of grazing over the summer months, were compared.
