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September 2019Sustainable Chinese & Mongolian Grassland © 8
late spring (May) on the desert steppe
late autumn (Nov) on the desert steppe
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Desert steppe grassland in mid summer after several years of low stocking rates and limited grazing in winter, when animals are kept in sheds
based on Jones & Sandland 1974; Kemp et al. 2015September 2019Sustainable Chinese & Mongolian Grassland © 10
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Grazing experiment on loess soils in eastern Gansu
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regiondesert steppe – animals 1-2 years old, 12 years of data
A
B
original district stocking rates
points A & B have the same production per hectare
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High stocking rate (B) | Desert steppe grazing experiment | Low stocking rate (A)
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