Significant achievements in protection and restoration of alpine grassland ecosystem in Northern Tibet, China

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-323

  Gao, Qing Zhu ^a,b   Li, Yue ^a,b   Wan, Yun Fan ^a,b   Jiangcun, Wang Zha ^c   Qin, Xiao Bo ^a,b   Wang, Bao Shan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Nagqu Grassland Station   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland degradation; Human activity; Northern Tibet; Protective measures

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 65449175600     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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