Sheep gain and species diversity: In sandy grassland, Inner Mongolia

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-190

  Zhao, Ha Lin ^a   Li, Sheng Gong ^b   Zhang, Tong Hui ^a   Ohkuro, Toshiya ^c   Zhou, Rui Lian ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Desertification; Grazing intensity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRAZING; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; WORLD;

EID: 15944378246     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003917     Document Type: Article

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