Grazing depresses soil carbon storage through changing plant biomass and composition in a Tibetan alpine meadow

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Sun, D.S.,Lanzhou Univ. (China). MOE Key Lab. of Arid and Grassland Ecology

Wesche, K.,Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Goerlitz (Germany). Botany Dept.

Chen, D.D.,Lanzhou Univ. (China). MOE Key Lab. of Arid and Grassland Ecology

Zhang, S.H.,Lanzhou Univ. (China). MOE Key Lab. of Arid and Grassland Ecology

Wu, G.L.,Northwest A and F Univ., Yangling (China). State Key Lab. of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau

Du, G.Z.,Lanzhou Univ. (China). MOE Key Lab. of Arid and Grassland Ecology

Comerford, N.B.,University of Florida, Gainesville (USA). Soil and Water Science Dept.

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v. 57(6) p. 271-278

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Plant, Soil and Environment - UZEI (Czech Republic)

Keywords

Cyperaceae

grasses

legumes

Cover plants

species

biodiversity

roots

crop residues

biomass

Top soil

carbon

nutrients

nutrient availability

storage

losses from soil

grazing

grazing systems

soil management

precipitation

seasonal variation

meadows

alpine grasslands

highlands

Cyperaceae

precipitation

Cyperaceae

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