The fertile island effect collapses under extreme overgrazing: evidence from a shrub-encroached grassland
Yurong Cai, Yuchun Yan, Dawei Xu, Xingliang Xu, Chu Wang, Xu Wang, Jinqiang Chen, Xiaoping Xin, David J. Eldridge
Topics & Concepts
OvergrazingShrubGrazingEnvironmental scienceGrasslandGrassland degradationSoil carbonAgronomyGrazing pressureSoil fertilityBulk densityNutrientSoil waterEcologyAgroforestrySoil scienceBiologyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsRangeland and Wildlife Management