Effects of Grazing and Precipitation on Herbage Biomass, Herbage Nutritive Value, and Yak Performance in an Alpine Meadow on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
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Title
Effects of Grazing and Precipitation on Herbage Biomass, Herbage Nutritive Value, and Yak Performance in an Alpine Meadow on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
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Keywords
Grazing, Biomass (ecology), Grasslands, Ecosystem functioning, Ecosystems, Rain, Livestock, Seasons
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages e0127275
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2015-06-04
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0127275
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