Regionalisation of suitable herbages for grassland reconstruction in agro-pastoral transition zone of northern China

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-84

  Xinqing, Shao ^a   Kun, Wang ^a   Shi Kui, Dong ^b   Xiao Xia, Huang ^c   Mu Yi, Kang ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological division; Farming pastoral zone; Grassland reconstruction; Herbage regionalisation; Northern China

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; GRASSLAND; HERB; RAINFALL; REGIONALIZATION; SOIL FERTILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; NEI MONGGOL; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS DAHURICUS; ELYMUS NUTANS; FABACEAE; LEYMUS CHINENSIS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA SUBSP. X VARIA; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; POACEAE; STIPA; STIPA GRANDIS;

EID: 33646841992     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2006.9513696     Document Type: Article

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