Grazing regime alters plant community structure via patch‐scale diversity in semiarid grasslands

Grazing regime alters plant community structure via patch‐scale diversity in semiarid grasslands

Abstract Selective grazing of livestock creates lightly and heavily grazed vegetation patches, which together contribute to the whole community in grazed grasslands. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts moderate grazing intensity can increase species diversity. However, grazing pat...

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Main Authors: Wenhuai Li, David U. Hooper, Liji Wu, Jonathan D. Bakker, Andros T. Gianuca, X. Ben Wu, Friedhelm Taube, Chaonan Wang, Yongfei Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Ecosphere
Subjects:
alpha diversity
beta diversity
grazing management
intermediate disturbance hypothesis
nestedness component
replacement component
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3547

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3547

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