Climate and grazing interact to control rangeland vegetative characteristics at a regional scale on the Tibetan Plateau

摘要：

Introduction Rangeland degradation on the Tibetan Plateau is often attributed to overgrazing.However,the effects of on-going climate changes,and their interactions with grazing,are rarely explored.In previous work,we demonstrated that experimental warming decreased plant diversity,plant aboveground production,and resulted in less palatable shrubs replacing more palatable graminoids ; these effects were dampened by grazing (Klein et al.,2004 & 2007).Here,we compared the shorter-term,site-scale experimental responses to the longer-term,regional-scale responses.

关键词： climate change grazing Tibetan Plateau biodiversity biomass

作者: Julia A.Klein J.Harte X.Q.Zhao

作者单位: Department of Forest,Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship,Colorado State University,Fort Collins,CO 805 University of California,Berkeley,CA,USA Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xining,PR CHINA

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）