Abstract:It is of great significance to scientifically evaluate the effects of different control measures on rodent damage areas for the prevention and control of alpine meadow degradation.For mild and moderate rodent damage in the alpine meadow area of Maqu County,Gansu Province,the control measures were respectively adopted,including rodent control+ one-year ban grazing+ one-year light grazing,and rodent control + ban grazing with reseeding annual ryegrass + light grazing,and the plant species number,height,coverage,the functional group of aboveground biomass,and number of available pika hole number were investigated.The results showed that: 1) after rodent control and ban grazing in mild rodent damage area,Menhinick index,Evenness_e^H/S index and Simpson_1-d index of plant community increased by 154.9%,41.1%,and 52.8%,respectively.The total aboveground biomass and available hole number significantly increased,in which the hay yield increased to 3758.19 kg/hm2.After light grazing for one year,the total aboveground biomass of plant community and available hole number significantly decreased (P<0.05).2) after reseeding annual ryegrass for one year in moderate rodent damaged area,Menhinick index,Evenness_e ^ H/S index,and Simpson_1-D index of plant community significantly increased by 71%,31%,and 18%,respectively (P<0.05),while the dominance index decreased significantly (P<0.05).The aboveground biomass increased significantly,and the available hole number decreased significantly (P<0.05). After light grazing for one year,the plant species number significantly increased by 47.75%,Evenness_e ^ H/S index significantly reduced by 24.2%,and available hole number increased significantly (P<0.05).