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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

A 15-Day Grazing-15-Day Rest Regime Promotes Plant Diversity and Leaf-Trait Responses in an Alpine Shrub Meadow of the Qilian Mountains, Northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Haijie Zhao, Shaochong Wei, Liang Mao, Qiang Li, Xiaojun Yu

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Haijie ZhaoPratacultural College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.ORCID 0009-0009-6068-9122
Shaochong WeiPratacultural College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Liang MaoPratacultural College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Qiang LiPratacultural College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Xiaojun YuPratacultural College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.

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Abstract

Alpine shrub meadows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are key warm-season pastures that support pastoral production and ecosystem stability in fragile high-elevation regions. Due to low temperatures, short growing seasons, and slow vegetation recovery, these pastures are highly sensitive to inappropriate grazing management. However, the effects of different grazing-rest time configurations on plant community composition and leaf functional traits in alpine shrub meadows remain insufficiently understood. In this study, we evaluated five grazing treatments in an alpine shrub meadow in Sunan County, central-eastern Qilian Mountains: 10 days grazing-20 days rest (T1), 15 days grazing-15 days rest (T2), 20 days grazing-10 days rest (T3), continuous grazing (CG), and grazing exclusion (CK). In the third year of treatment implementation, we measured the community diversity, species importance values, and leaf functional traits of four dominant species:

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alpine shrub meadowleaf functional traitsphenotypic plasticityrotational grazingspecies diversity

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