Plant Community Traits Respond to Grazing Exclusion Duration in Alpine Meadow and Alpine Steppe on the Tibetan Plateau.

ABSTRACT: Grazing exclusion has been a primary ecological restoration practice since the implement of "Returning Grazing Land to Grassland" program in China. However, the debates on the effectiveness of grazing exclusion have kept for decades. To date, there has been still a poor understand of vegetation restoration with grazing exclusion duration in alpine meadows and alpine steppes, limiting the sustainable management of grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. We collected data from previous studies and field surveys and conducted a meta-analysis to explore vegetation restoration with grazing exclusion durations in alpine meadows and alpine steppes. Our results showed that aboveground biomass significantly increased with short-term grazing exclusion (1-4 years) in alpine meadows, while medium-term graz

SUBMITTER: Zhan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291246 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature