Assessment of typical steppe ecosystem health in Inner Mongolia

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0544-0550

  Wang, Li Xin ^a   Liu, Zhong Ling ^a   Liu, Hua Min ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Liang, Cun Zhu ^a   Qiao, Jiang ^a   Nakagoshi, Nobukazu ^b  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Graze; Model; Typical steppe

Indexed keywords

LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 70350730902     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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