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DOI10.1071/RJ16070
Patterns of herders’ adaptation to changes in social-ecological systems across northern China’s grasslands over the past three decades
Li, Xiliang1; Ding, Yong1; Yin, Yanting1; Yang, Tingting1; Liu, Zhiying2; Ren, Weibo1; Zhang, JiangLi3; Sarula1; Li, Yuanheng1; Hou, Xiangyang1
通讯作者Liu, Zhiying ; Hou, Xiangyang
来源期刊RANGELAND JOURNAL
ISSN1036-9872
EISSN1834-7541
出版年2017
卷号39期号:4页码:317-328
英文摘要

Understanding the changes in herders’ adaptation to environmental change can provide insight into humans’ adaptive mechanisms to different social-ecological systems, and is also important for the optimal management of grasslands. However, the existing and emerging patterns of herders’ adaptation to changes in social-ecological systems across different types of grasslands are poorly understood. This paper presents a systematic participatory investigation that was conducted to comprehensively understand herders’ adaptation in this context over the past three decades. Three counties in Inner Mongolia grasslands were selected as the case study sites, located in meadow steppe, typical steppe and desert steppe respectively. Our results indicate that herders’ perceptions partly fit with the reality of the actual changes. The majority of herders attributed their pasture’s quality degradation to reduced precipitation rather than overgrazing, a contradictory perception to previous scientific observations (overgrazing > climate change). Moreover, herders’ behaviour in relation to herbage storage and livestock structure had dramatically changed in terms of spatial and temporal patterns in Inner Mongolia, which benefited herders in production efficiency. Lambing time of sheep and goats occurred earlier than it did several decades ago across the three grassland types. This was attributed to a rise in temperature, increasing marketisation and developing infrastructure. In addition, there became evident a transformation in the animal husbandry production cycle from a two-year to one-year cycle. Our results highlighted that the transformation of herders’ behavioural strategies resulted from variations in spatial and temporal patterns of climate change, pasture degradation, new policies and marketisation in pastoral areas. These strategies can be seen as key mechanisms in long-term adaptation to changes in social-ecological systems, which benefit herders’ efficiency in grassland management.


英文关键词climate change herdsmen’s behaviour grassland management Inner Mongolia
类型Article
语种英语
国家Peoples R China
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号WOS:000413963600002
WOS关键词INNER-MONGOLIA ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; SEMIARID GRASSLAND ; TYPICAL STEPPE ; DESERT STEPPE ; VEGETATION ; NONEQUILIBRIUM ; INSTITUTIONS ; DEGRADATION ; VARIABILITY
WOS类目Ecology
WOS研究方向Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/201909
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Key Lab Grassland Ecol & Restorat, Minist Agr, Natl Forage Improvement Ctr,Inst Grassland Res, Hohhot 010010, Peoples R China;
2.Inner Mongolia Univ, Inner Mongolia Key Lab Grassland Ecol, Coll Ecol & Environm, Hohhot 010021, Peoples R China;
3.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
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Li, Xiliang,Ding, Yong,Yin, Yanting,等. Patterns of herders’ adaptation to changes in social-ecological systems across northern China’s grasslands over the past three decades[J],2017,39(4):317-328.
APA Li, Xiliang.,Ding, Yong.,Yin, Yanting.,Yang, Tingting.,Liu, Zhiying.,...&Hou, Xiangyang.(2017).Patterns of herders’ adaptation to changes in social-ecological systems across northern China’s grasslands over the past three decades.RANGELAND JOURNAL,39(4),317-328.
MLA Li, Xiliang,et al."Patterns of herders’ adaptation to changes in social-ecological systems across northern China’s grasslands over the past three decades".RANGELAND JOURNAL 39.4(2017):317-328.
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