摘要
Exclosureisamethodofrehabilitatingdegradedlandsbyprotectingthemfromtheinterferenceofanimalsandfromhumanencroachment,andisusedtoregeneratenativevegetationasawaytoreducesoilerosion,increaserainwaterinfiltrationandprovidefodderandwoodybiomassindegradedgrazinglands.Therefore,westudiedwoodyplantstructure,diversityandregenerationpotentialsin5-and10-yeargrazingexclosuresincomparisonwithopengrazedsitesinasemi-aridenvironment.Dataonspeciesdiversity,abundance,structure,basalarea,frequency,density,andregenerationstatuswerecollectedfrom270sampleplots.Forty-onewoodyspeciesrepresenting20familieswereidentified,with18,28and38speciesfoundinopengrazedareas,andin5-and10-yeargrazingexclosures,respectively.The10-yeargrazingexclosureshadahigher(P<0.05)speciesrichnessandplantdensitiescomparedtothe5-yeargrazingexclosuresandtheopengrazedareas.ThepopulationstructureandregenerationstatusofwoodyspeciesinbothgrazingexclosuresshowedaninvertedJ-shape,indicatingahealthyregenerationstatus,whereashamperedregenerationwasobservedinopengrazedareas.Theestablishmentofgrazingexclosureshadpositiveeffectsinrestoringwoodyplantdiversityandimprovingvegetationstructureandregenerationpotentialsofdegradedgrazinglands.
出版日期
2018年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
