Approaches to prediction of impact of Qinghai-Tibet Railway construction on alpine ecosystems alongside and its recovery

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 834-841

  Shen, Weishou ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Zou, Changxin ^a   Cao, Xuezhang ^a   Tang, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a SEPA   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Ecological impact; Prediction of recovery; Qinghai Tibet Railway

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749676691     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0376     Document Type: Article

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