Grassland recovery by protection from grazing in a semi-arid sandy region of northern China

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-284

  Zhang, Ji Yi ^a,b   Wang, Ying ^a   Zhao, Xia ^a   Xie, Gang ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Overgrazing; Sand dunes; Soil erosion; Succession

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; OVERGRAZING; RECOVERY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HORQIN DESERT; WORLD;

ARIDA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HALODENDRON;

EID: 22944464083     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2005.9513657     Document Type: Article

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