Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.035

	Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau
	Sun, Jian 2; Liu, Miao 2; Fu, Bojie 3,4; Kemp, David 5; Zhao, Wenwu 4; Liu, Guohua 3; Han, Guodong 6; Wilkes, Andreas 7; Lu, Xuyang 8; Chen, Youchao 9
刊名	SCIENCE BULLETIN
	2020-08-30
卷号	65 期号:16 页码:1405-1414
关键词	Grazing exclusion Wildlife Grazing Grassland management Drought Tibetan Plateau
ISSN号	2095-9273
DOI	10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.035
通讯作者	Sun, Jian(sunjian@igsnrr.ac.cn) ; Liu, Guohua(ghliu@rcees.ac.cn)
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. (C) 2020 Science China Press. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science China Press. All rights reserved.
资助项目	Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program[2019QZKK0405] ; Science and Technology Service Network Initiative[KFJ-STS-QYZD060] ; State Key Research Development Program of China[2016YFC0501802] ; State Key Research Development Program of China[2016YFC0501803] ; State Key Research Development Program of China[2016YFC0502002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41871040] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41501057] ; Innovative Research Team of the Ministry of Education of China[IRT_17R59] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
WOS关键词	ALPINE GRASSLANDS ; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY ; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS ; WILDLIFE ; CARBON ; CONSERVATION ; DIVERSITY ; STABILITY ; NITROGEN ; BEHAVIOR
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:000548336900016
资助机构	Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program ; Science and Technology Service Network Initiative ; State Key Research Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Innovative Research Team of the Ministry of Education of China ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/158388]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Sun, Jian; Liu, Guohua
作者单位	1.Tottori Univ, Arid Land Res Ctr, Tottori 6800001, Japan 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Synth Res Ctr Chinese Ecosyst Res Network, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modelling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Urban & Reg Ecol, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 4.Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 5.Agr Syst Charles Sturt Univ, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia 6.Inner Mongolia Agr Univ, Coll Grassland Resources & Environm,Key Lab Forag, Inner Mongolia Key Lab Grassland Management & Uti, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs,Minist Educ,Key Lab Gr, Hohhot 010011, Peoples R China 7.Values Dev Ltd, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3EQ, Suffolk, England 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazard & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 9.Chinese Acad Sci, Wuhan Bot Garden, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China 10.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Jian,Liu, Miao,Fu, Bojie,et al. Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau[J]. SCIENCE BULLETIN,2020,65(16):1405-1414.
APA	Sun, Jian.,Liu, Miao.,Fu, Bojie.,Kemp, David.,Zhao, Wenwu.,...&Liu, Shiliang.(2020).Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau.SCIENCE BULLETIN,65(16),1405-1414.
MLA	Sun, Jian,et al."Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau".SCIENCE BULLETIN 65.16(2020):1405-1414.