The grasslands of inner mongolia: A special feature

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-304

  Han, Xingguo ^a   Owens, Keith ^b   Ben Wu, X ^a,c   Wu, Jianguo ^a,d   Huang, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 68149172465     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/09-002.1     Document Type: Article

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