Vulnerability of the asian typical steppe to grazing and climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-368

  Christensen, Lindsey ^a   Coughenour, Michael B ^b   Ellis, James E ^b   Chen, Zuo Zhong ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAZING; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 1842430091     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000018513.60904.fe     Document Type: Article

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