The burying and grazing effects of plateau pika on alpine grassland are small: a pilot study in a semiarid basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
There is considerable controversy about the effects of plateau pika (<i>Ochotona curzoniae</i>, hereafter pika) on alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). On the one hand, pika is considered a keystone species. On the other hand, it is being poisoned. Although significant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.biogeosciences.net/13/6273/2016/bg-13-6273-2016.pdf |