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Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6273-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6273-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
Research article
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23 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 23 Nov 2016

The burying and grazing effects of plateau pika on alpine grassland are small: a pilot study in a semiarid basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Shuhua Yi, Jianjun Chen, Yu Qin, and Gaowei Xu

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Plateau pika is common on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Since pika dig burrows and graze on grassland to compete with yaks and sheep, they are believed to be a pest. They have been killed by humans since the 1950s. However, there are no serious studies that quantitatively evaluate the grazing and excavating effects of pika on grassland. With the advancement of UAV technology, we did a pilot study to evaluate the grazing and burying effects of pika.
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