气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau

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DOI	10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.035
	Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau
	Sun J.; Liu M.; Fu B.; Kemp D.; Zhao W.; Liu G.; Han G.; Wilkes A.; Lu X.; Chen Y.; Cheng G.; Zhou T.; Hou G.; Zhan T.; Peng F.; Shang H.; Xu M.; Shi P.; He Y.; Li M.; Wang J.; Tsunekawa A.; Zhou H.; Liu Y.; Li Y.; Liu S.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	20959273
起始页码	1405
结束页码	1414
卷号	65 期号:16
英文摘要	Grazing exclusion using fences is a key policy being applied by the Chinese government to rehabilitate degraded grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and elsewhere. However, there is a limited understanding of the effects of grazing exclusion on alpine ecosystem functions and services and its impacts on herders’ livelihoods. Our meta-analyses and questionnaire-based surveys revealed that grazing exclusion with fences was effective in promoting aboveground vegetation growth for up to four years in degraded alpine meadows and for up to eight years in the alpine steppes of the TP. Longer-term fencing did not bring any ecological and economic benefits. We also found that fencing hindered wildlife movement, increased grazing pressure in unfenced areas, lowered the satisfaction of herders, and rendered substantial financial costs to both regional and national governments. We recommend that traditional free grazing should be encouraged if applicable, short-term fencing (for 4–8 years) should be adopted in severely degraded grasslands, and fencing should be avoided in key wildlife habitat areas, especially the protected large mammal species. © 2020 Science China Press
关键词	Drought Grassland management Grazing Grazing exclusion Tibetan Plateau Wildlife
英文关键词	Ecology; Mammals; Surveys; Chinese Government; Ecological and economic; Ecosystem functions; Grazing exclusion; National governments; Severely degraded grasslands; Vegetation growth; Wildlife habitats; Fences
语种	英语
来源期刊	Science Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/207182
作者单位	Synthesis Research Centre of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China; State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Agricultural Systems Charles Sturt UniversityNSW 2800, Australia; Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Forage Cultivation, Processing and High Efficient Utilization of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Grassland Management and Utilization, College of Grassland, Resources and Environment, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010011, China; Values for developm...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun J.,Liu M.,Fu B.,et al. Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau[J],2020,65(16).
APA	Sun J..,Liu M..,Fu B..,Kemp D..,Zhao W..,...&Liu S..(2020).Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau.Science Bulletin,65(16).
MLA	Sun J.,et al."Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau".Science Bulletin 65.16(2020).