Overgrazing, not haying, decreases grassland topsoil organic carbon by decreasing plant species richness along an aridity gradient in Northern China
Jushan Liu, Forest Isbell, Quanhui Ma, Ying Chen, Xing Fu, Wei Sun, Ling Wang, Jian Li, Yunbo Wang, Fujiang Hou, Xiaoping Xin, Zhibiao Nan, Nico Eisenhauer, Deli Wang
Topics & Concepts
OvergrazingSpecies richnessAridGrazingEnvironmental scienceBiomass (ecology)EcologyEcosystemGrasslandBiodiversitySoil carbonAgroforestryAgronomyBiologySoil waterEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologySoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics