Is grazing exclusion effective in restoring vegetation in degraded alpine grasslands in Tibet, China?
Overgrazing is considered one of the key disturbance factors that results in alpine grassland degradation in Tibet. Grazing exclusion by fencing has been widely used as an approach to restore degraded grasslands in Tibet since 2004. Is the grazing exclusion management strategy effective for the vege...
Main Authors: | Yan Yan, Xuyang Lu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-06-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1020.pdf |
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