Effect of overgrazing on grassland desertification in Maqu County

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Niu, Shu Wen ^a   Ma, Li Bang ^a   Zeng, Ming Ming ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grassland desertification; Maqu County; NPP; Overgrazing; Theoretical livestock capacity

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349262127     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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