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Publication Date
2015
Location
New Delhi, India
Description
This paper summarises resources and protections of the Yellow River Source Zone on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A concerted effort has been made to address concerns for overgrazing on the alpine steppe and alpine meadow landscapes in the source zone of the Yellow River. An assessment of the impacts of overgrazing includes consideration of the role of small mammals (on the one hand they are considered as a critical ecosystem engineer, on the other they are perceived as a major threatening pest). Analyzed in this paper are management options in the restoration of degraded grasslands.
Citation
Li, Xilai; Brierley, Gary J.; Qiao, Youming; Perry, George L. W.; and Gao, Jay King, "Grassland Resources and Protections in the Yellow River Source Zone on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" (2015). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 2.
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Grassland Resources and Protections in the Yellow River Source Zone on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
New Delhi, India
This paper summarises resources and protections of the Yellow River Source Zone on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A concerted effort has been made to address concerns for overgrazing on the alpine steppe and alpine meadow landscapes in the source zone of the Yellow River. An assessment of the impacts of overgrazing includes consideration of the role of small mammals (on the one hand they are considered as a critical ecosystem engineer, on the other they are perceived as a major threatening pest). Analyzed in this paper are management options in the restoration of degraded grasslands.
