Restoration and management of the Inner Mongolia grassland require a sustainable strategy

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 269-270

  Jiang, Gaoming ^a   Han, Xingguo ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; POACEAE; SHORT SURVEY;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POACEAE;

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

EID: 33748948723     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/06-S-158.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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15. First submitted 9 March 2006. Accepted for publication 20 June 2006.