Environmental heterogeneity and revegetation on the Loess Plateau

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2445-2455

  Wang, Han Sheng ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic conditions; Forestation practices; Natural vegetation; Regional diffenrentiation; The loess plateau

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; REFORESTATION; REGIONALIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STEPPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 67649522548     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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