Arid regions are prone to drought because annual rainfall accumulation depends on a few
rainfall events. Natural plant communities are damaged by drought, but atmospheric …

Due to increasing population and the recent implementation of policies to intensify the use of
land and water resources, the transhumant pastoral systems in the Chinese-Mongolian Altay …

In the Mongolian steppes, livestock and burrowing rodents are the main animal modifiers of
the habitat. Although grazing lands and rodent habitats overlap, the combined effects of …

Objective We aimed to estimate the energy intake and expenditure of grazing Mongolian
sheep during the winter months using indirect methods of bite mass, number of bites, ME …

Spring and summer rainfall patterns in Mongolian semi-arid grazing lands vary greatly from
year to year, and are thought to affect the energy balance and nutritional conditions of sheep …

We investigated changes in the regrowth patterns of two grass species on the Mongolian
steppe, Agropyron cristatum and Stipa krylovii, in response to repeated clipping and used a …

In central Mongolia, south of Ulan Bator up to Dalanzadgad, vegetation is classified into
three zones from north to south: the forest-steppe, steppe, and dry steppe zones, with trees …

In the last two decades, the quality of Mongolian rangeland has degraded primarily owing to
overgrazing and climate change. This has government challenged to improve land usage …

Recent spring and summer rainfall patterns in Mongolian grasslands have shown high
annual fluctuations and are thought to affect sheep energy balance and nutritious condition …

Since the economic reforms of the late 1970s, China has implemented a number of
initiatives designed to stimulate local economies and protect environmental conditions in its …