Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment
From 2004 to 2010, the Sino-German research group MAGIM (Matter fluxes of Grasslands in Inner Mongolia as affected by grazing) ran a grazing experiment in a typical steppe ecosystem in Inner Mongolia, North China. Multiple ecological effects of grazing, climate variability and topography on plant an...
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| author | Hoffmann, C. Giese, M. Dickhoefer, Uta Hongwei Wan Yongfei Bai Steffens, Markus Chunyan Liu Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Xingguo Han |
| author_browse | Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Chunyan Liu Dickhoefer, Uta Giese, M. Hoffmann, C. Hongwei Wan Steffens, Markus Xingguo Han Yongfei Bai |
| author_facet | Hoffmann, C. Giese, M. Dickhoefer, Uta Hongwei Wan Yongfei Bai Steffens, Markus Chunyan Liu Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Xingguo Han |
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| description | From 2004 to 2010, the Sino-German research group MAGIM (Matter fluxes of Grasslands in Inner Mongolia as affected by grazing) ran a grazing experiment in a typical steppe ecosystem in Inner Mongolia, North China. Multiple ecological effects of grazing, climate variability and topography on plant and animal productivity, plant species composition change, decomposition and mineralization, soil nitrogen and organic matter distributions and dynamics, soil physics and chemistry, and soil-atmosphere gas exchange were measured in fenced plots with defined stocking rates and under different grazing management systems. This paper reviews and synthesizes the most important outcomes, conclusions, and open questions from the different project groups, as published in 125 ISI articles. While greenhouse gas fluxes, plant properties, and livestock performance were particularly responsive to (inter-) annual climate variability, soil properties were more affected by grazing intensity. Various management options based on the project results for semi-arid grasslands under changing climatic conditions are discussed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace766822025-12-08T09:54:28Z Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment Hoffmann, C. Giese, M. Dickhoefer, Uta Hongwei Wan Yongfei Bai Steffens, Markus Chunyan Liu Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Xingguo Han climate grazing grazing systems soil From 2004 to 2010, the Sino-German research group MAGIM (Matter fluxes of Grasslands in Inner Mongolia as affected by grazing) ran a grazing experiment in a typical steppe ecosystem in Inner Mongolia, North China. Multiple ecological effects of grazing, climate variability and topography on plant and animal productivity, plant species composition change, decomposition and mineralization, soil nitrogen and organic matter distributions and dynamics, soil physics and chemistry, and soil-atmosphere gas exchange were measured in fenced plots with defined stocking rates and under different grazing management systems. This paper reviews and synthesizes the most important outcomes, conclusions, and open questions from the different project groups, as published in 125 ISI articles. While greenhouse gas fluxes, plant properties, and livestock performance were particularly responsive to (inter-) annual climate variability, soil properties were more affected by grazing intensity. Various management options based on the project results for semi-arid grasslands under changing climatic conditions are discussed. 2016-12 2016-08-31T14:53:33Z 2016-08-31T14:53:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76682 en Limited Access Elsevier Hoffmann, C., Giese, M., Dickhoefer, U., Hongwei Wan, Yongfei Bai, Steffens, M., Chunyan Liu, Butterbach-Bahl,K. and Xingguo Han. 2016. Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment. Journal of Arid Environments 135:50–63. |
| spellingShingle | climate grazing grazing systems soil Hoffmann, C. Giese, M. Dickhoefer, Uta Hongwei Wan Yongfei Bai Steffens, Markus Chunyan Liu Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Xingguo Han Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment |
| title | Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment |
| title_full | Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment |
| title_fullStr | Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment |
| title_short | Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment |
| title_sort | effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in inner mongolia synthesis of a 6 year grazing experiment |
| topic | climate grazing grazing systems soil |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76682 |
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