The return of the steppe - Large-scale restoration of degraded land in southern Russia during the post-Soviet era

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-85

  Hölzel, Norbert ^a   Haub, Carsten ^a   Ingelfinger, Markus P ^a   Otte, Annette ^a   Pilipenko, Vladimir N ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ASTRAKHAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bio diversity; Kalmykien Steppe; Land use change; Nature conservation; Post Soviet transformation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; STEPPE;

KALMYKIAN STEPPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0036346938     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1617-1381-00009     Document Type: Article

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