A 15-Day Grazing–15-Day Rest Regime Promotes Plant Diversity and Leaf-Trait Responses in an Alpine Shrub Meadow of the Qilian Mountains, Northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
Haijie Zhao, Shaochong Wei, Liang Mao, Qiang Li, Xiaojun Yu · 2026
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Haijie Zhao compared grazing and rest rotations in an alpine shrub meadow of the Qilian Mountains in a 2026 field study. Five regimes ran from ten days grazing with twenty rest to nonstop grazing and full exclusion, judged in the third treatment year.
Plant richness and diversity rose under the two shorter grazing spells against nonstop grazing and exclusion in reported measures. Four dominant species supplied leaf trait data, and community pattern tests confirmed clear separation between regimes. A fifteen-day graze with fifteen-day rest stood among the strongest options for diversity on this fragile plateau pasture.
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| CREATOR | Haijie Zhao, Shaochong Wei, Liang Mao, Qiang Li, Xiaojun Yu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47850 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |