期刊
JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
卷 73, 期 6-7, 页码 687-690出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.01.005
关键词
Grazing intensity; Mongolia; Plant functional type; Rangeland ecology; Semi-arid
资金
- Japan's Ministry of the Environment [G-071]
- JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists [20-7002]
The objective of this study was to clarify whether the changes in percent cover of plant functional types (i.e., life forms and growth forms) along a grazing gradient reflect the livestock number, which would reinforce the reliability of using a grazing gradient design and improve the management of rangeland. We selected two livestock camps that for many years have had different numbers of livestock, with approximately six times more sheep-equivalents at site 1 than at site 2. Vegetation was sampled in 10 quadrats on five transects along the grazing gradient at each site. In each quadrat, we recorded percent cover of each plant species. Our findings suggested that vegetation changes along the grazing gradient under different livestock numbers were characterized by changes in the cover of life forms: perennial species were replaced by annual species near the camps (10-50 m). However, we did not find growth form change that reflected the difference in the number of livestock. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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