Effect of summer livestock grazing on plant species richness and composition in the Himalayan rangelands
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Article Title | Effect of summer livestock grazing on plant species richness and composition in the Himalayan rangelands |
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ERA Journal ID | 3312 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Aryal, Suman (Author), Cockfield, Geoff (Author) and Maraseni, Tek (Author) |
Journal Title | The Rangeland Journal |
Journal Citation | 37 (3), pp. 309-321 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | CSIRO Publishing |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 1036-9872 |
1834-7541 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ14088 |
Abstract | Grazing systems in the high Himalayas are changing in response to socioeconomic factors and policy decisions. As well as effects on livelihood of herders, such changes may have significant impacts on plant species richness |
Keywords | grazing gradient, Nepal, species composition, species richness, summer grazing |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 419999. Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified |
300302. Animal management | |
310399. Ecology not elsewhere classified | |
300499. Crop and pasture production not elsewhere classified | |
410401. Conservation and biodiversity | |
300202. Agricultural land management | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | International Centre for Applied Climate Science |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2zv5/effect-of-summer-livestock-grazing-on-plant-species-richness-and-composition-in-the-himalayan-rangelands
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