China's rangelands under stress: A comparative study of pasture commons in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region

Development and Change

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 385-412

  Ho, Peter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; OVERGRAZING; RANGELAND;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 0034162582     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00159     Document Type: Article

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