Track 1-1-2: Biodiversity, Growth and Management of Temperate and Mediterranean Grasslands
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Publication Date
2015
Location
New Delhi India
Description
The plateau pika (Ochotonacurzoniae) creates the extensive disturbance on alpine meadow ecosystem in the QinghaiTibetan Plateau (Smith and Foggin, 1999, Delibes-Mateos et al., 2011), especially on soil nutrient (Davidson et al., 2012). Previous studies show that intermediate active burrows of plateau pika improved soil macro-element (organic matter, total nitrogen and total phosphorus) in alpine meadow (Guo et al., 2012). However, there is little knowledge about the underlying contribution of plateau pika disturbance in determining soil microelement in alpine meadow. The density of active burrow entrances is used to divide the disturbances levels of plateau pika to determine the effect of various disturbance levels of plateau pika on soil microelement content of alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in this study.
Citation
Jia, Tingting; Guo, Zhenggang; Xiao, Yu; and Shen, Yuying, "Effect of Plateau Pika (Ochotonacurzionae) Disturbance on Soil Microelements Content in Alpine Meadow" (2015). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 6.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/23/1-1-2/6)
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Effect of Plateau Pika (Ochotonacurzionae) Disturbance on Soil Microelements Content in Alpine Meadow
New Delhi India
The plateau pika (Ochotonacurzoniae) creates the extensive disturbance on alpine meadow ecosystem in the QinghaiTibetan Plateau (Smith and Foggin, 1999, Delibes-Mateos et al., 2011), especially on soil nutrient (Davidson et al., 2012). Previous studies show that intermediate active burrows of plateau pika improved soil macro-element (organic matter, total nitrogen and total phosphorus) in alpine meadow (Guo et al., 2012). However, there is little knowledge about the underlying contribution of plateau pika disturbance in determining soil microelement in alpine meadow. The density of active burrow entrances is used to divide the disturbances levels of plateau pika to determine the effect of various disturbance levels of plateau pika on soil microelement content of alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in this study.
