Area of research
Soil Science · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Research interest
Research topics from publications: Herbivore Assemblage as an Important Factor Modulating Grazing Effects on Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes in a Meadow Steppe in Northeast China. Representative work: Abstract A better understanding of how grazing by large herbivores, as the major land use worldwide, affects grassland carbon fluxes is critical for predicting future uptake of CO 2 in terrestrial ecosystem. Previous studies have focused on individual herbivore species; it remains poorly understood as to if and how herbivore assemblage (single vs. mixed species) would alter the impact of grazers on grassland carbon fluxes. Here we examined the effects of moderate grazing by different herbivore assemblages on net ecosystem CO 2 exchange (NEE), gross ecosystem productivity (GEP), and ecosystem respiration (ER) over the growing season in two types of grassland communities in a meadow steppe. We