Degraded ecosystems in China: Status, causes, and restoration efforts

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Ren, Hai ^a   Shen, Wei Jun ^a   Lu, Hong Fang ^a   Wen, Xiang Ying ^a   Jian, Shu Guang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Cropland; Ecosystem degradation; Forest; Grassland; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247282726     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-006-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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