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- Title
EFFECT OF FENCING, ARTIFICIAL SEEDING AND ABANDONMENT ON VEGETATION COMPOSITION AND DYNAMICS OF 'BLACK SOIL LAND' IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE YANGTZE AND THE YELLOW RIVERS OF THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU.
- Authors
SHANG, Z. H.; MA, Y. S.; LONG, R. J.; DING, L. M.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which examined different methods in restoring black soil land in the headwaters of the Yangtze and the Yellow Rivers (HAYYR) of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Fencing, artificial seeding and abandonment on vegetation composition and dynamics of black soil land are tested. To evaluate the potential effect of the seed banks of grasses and sedges on restoration, the domination of forb were eliminated to promote the growth of grasses and sedges. Artificial seeding in black soil land slowed the pace of land degradation and, concomitantly, the produced grassland feed for livestock feed with proper management.
- Subjects
YANGTZE River (China); YELLOW River (China); TIBETAN Plateau; CHINA; BLACK cotton soil; RESTORATION ecology; SOIL dynamics; SOIL mechanics; SOIL seed banks
- Publication
Land Degradation & Development, 2008, Vol 19, Issue 5, p554
- ISSN
1085-3278
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ldr.861