Abstract:The organization of typical steppe community was determined with a set of parameters for evaluating range health. The parameters were calculated from long-term community monitoring data which had been collected since 1981, on the primary community dominated with Lyemus chinenses + Stipa grandis and on fenced degraded community, respectively. 20 squares were sampled every half month during the growth season (May 15-Sept.30), at the site of Silin-river ranches(N43°38′,E116°42′). The organization parameter of ...