Spatial pattern of small mammals community diversity in different grazing pressure in montane desert-steppe
放牧压力条件下荒漠草原小型哺乳动物群落多样性的空间格局

Selective grazing and high stocking rates of domestic animals have marked effects on the composition and shaping of plant communities in arid and semiarid ecosystems. Accordingly, vegetation changes superimposed by grazing might therefore also influence species diversity and the composition of small mammal communities. The composition of small mammals in many vegetation types in the northwestern arid regions of China is incompletely known. We also do not know what effect habitat changes caused by grazing ha...