Effects of Grazing Regimes on Plant Traits and Soil Nutrients in an Alpine Steppe, Northern Tibetan Plateau
文献类型：SCI/SSCI论文
| 作者 | Sun J. ; Wang X. D. ; Cheng G. W. ; Wu J. B. ; Hong J. T. ; Niu S. L. |
| 发表日期 | 2014 |
| 关键词 | below-ground biomass inner-mongolia carbon storage aboveground biomass physical-properties global patterns organic-carbon loess plateau allocation grassland |
| 英文摘要 | Understanding the impact of grazing intensity on grassland production and soil fertility is of fundamental importance for grassland conservation and management. We thus compared three types of alpine steppe management by studying vegetation traits and soil properties in response to three levels of grazing pressure: permanent grazing (M1), seasonal grazing (M2), and grazing exclusion (M3) in the alpine steppe in Xainza County, Tibetan Plateau. The results showed that community biomass allocation did not support the isometric hypothesis under different grassland management types. Plants in M1 had less aboveground biomass but more belowground biomass in the top soil layer than those in M2 and M3, which was largely due to that root/shoot ratios of dominant plants in M1 were far greater than those in M2 and M3. The interramet distance and the tiller size of the dominant clonal plants were greater in M3 than in M1 and M2, while the resprouting from rhizome buds did not differ significantly among the three greezing regimes. Both soil bulk density and soil available nitrogen in M3 were greater than in M1 at the 15-30 cm soil depth (P = 0.05). Soil organic carbon and soil total nitrogen were greater in M3 than in M1 and M2 (P = 0.05). We conclude that the isometric hypothesis is not supported in this study and fencing is a helpful grassland management in terms of plant growth and soil nutrient retention in alpine steppe. The extreme cold, scarce precipitation and short growing period may be the causation of the unique plant and soil responses to different management regimes. |
| 出处 | Plos One |
| 卷 | 9 |
| 期 | 9 |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| ISSN号 | 1932-6203 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/29600]  |
| 专题 | 地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sun J.,Wang X. D.,Cheng G. W.,et al. Effects of Grazing Regimes on Plant Traits and Soil Nutrients in an Alpine Steppe, Northern Tibetan Plateau. 2014. |
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来源：地理科学与资源研究所
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