Mixed-grass prairie rhizome biomass is influenced by cattle grazing intensity

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	Mixed-grass prairie rhizome biomass is influenced by cattle grazing intensity
	Dong, X. ; Cheng, F. -C. ; Wang, D. ; Wang, G. ; Patton, B. D. ; Nyren, P. E.
	2013-03-01
发表期刊	GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE
摘要	This study was conducted on a mixed-grass prairie in south-central North Dakota, USA, to test the effect of animal grazing on rhizome biomass. Below-ground plant biomass samples were collected from pastures with moderate and heavy grazing by beef cattle. Because the biomass data did not meet the normality assumptions, the computer resampling method involving a nested anova was used. A reduction in rhizomes was found under heavy grazing, as compared with moderate grazing. Although rhizomes only accounted for a small fraction of total below-ground plant biomass, our study suggested that the high rhizome density found in the moderately grazed pastures might be partly responsible for the greater potential of plant regrowth in the moderately grazed pastures than in the heavily grazed pastures on this mixed-grass prairie.
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/37818
专题	中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dong, X.,Cheng, F. -C.,Wang, D.,et al. Mixed-grass prairie rhizome biomass is influenced by cattle grazing intensity[J]. GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE,2013.
APA	Dong, X.,Cheng, F. -C.,Wang, D.,Wang, G.,Patton, B. D.,&Nyren, P. E..(2013).Mixed-grass prairie rhizome biomass is influenced by cattle grazing intensity.GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE.
MLA	Dong, X.,et al."Mixed-grass prairie rhizome biomass is influenced by cattle grazing intensity".GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE (2013).