Effects of various cattle grazing regimes on vernal pool grassland diversity

摘要：

Vernal pools are small seasonal wetlands with a unique flora and fauna that occur throughout grasslands in California, USA.These grasslands have been grazed by livestock for nearly two centuries and the plant community surrounding the vernal pools is dominated by non‐native species (Barbour et al., 1993 ).These habitats are decreasing in extent due to housing and commercial development.Government and non‐profit organizations are protecting what remains of this habitat and often struggle to determine appropriate grazing regimens.The object of this study was to determine what level of grazing maintains the highest level of biodiversity in vernal pool grassland systems.

关键词： biodiversity vernal pools California seasonal grazing

作者: J.T.Marty

作者单位: The Nature Conservancy,2015 J Street Suite 103,Sacramento,CA 95814

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）