Response of forage nutrient storages to grazing in alpine grasslands.

ABSTRACT: Forage nutrient storages can determine livestock size and husbandry development. There is insufficient research on the response of forage nutrient storages to grazing and related driving mechanisms in alpine grasslands, especially on the Tibetan Plateau. This study conducted a grazing experiment in three alpine grassland sites along an elevation gradient (two warm-season pastures and one cold-season pasture; two alpine steppe meadow sites and one alpine meadow) of Northern Tibet. Different types of alpine grassland ecosystems, at least for forage nutrient storages, may have different responses to grazing. Warm-season grazing significantly reduced crude protein (CP) storage, acid detergent fiber (ADF) storage, and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) storage of high-quality forage by 53.29, 63.82,

SUBMITTER: Zha X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664390 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature