The dietary composition of fine wool sheep under different stocking rates and relationship between dietary diversity and plant diversity in Inner Mongolia steppe
不同放牧率下绵羊的食性及食物多样性与草地植物多样性间的关系

The experiment was conducted at Inner Mongolia steppe.The vegetation was dominated by Leymus chinensis,Cleistogenes squarrosa,Artemisia frigada,Potentilla acaulis. The dietary composition of Inner Mongolia fine wool sheep were analysed by the micro\|technique under different stocking rates of 1 33,4 00 and 6.67 sheep/hm\+2 in August.The results showed that the dietary composition of grazing sheep was changed with the stocking rate increase because the herbage resource was limited.The Artemisia frigi...