A Two-Step Strategy for Developing Cultivated Pastures in China that Offer the Advantages of Ecosystem Services

Based on a site experiment on a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, the short term effects on aboveground biomass, soil water content, soil organic carbon, and soil total nitrogen of four cultivated pastures (CPs) with different compositions of herbaceous species were examined and compared to those of...

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Main Authors: Haibin Chen, Li He, Haiping Tang, Minjuan Zhao, Liqun Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/4/392