Changes in Ecosystem Service Values on the Loess Plateau in Northern Shaanxi Province, China

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 606-614

  LI, Jing ^a   REN, Zhi yuan ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; landuse; northern Shaanxi Province; the Loess Plateau; the value

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849100413     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60059-0     Document Type: Article

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