Reconstruction of the Wenchuan earthquake-damaged ecosystems: Four important questions

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-304

  Lu, Tao ^a   Shi, Fusun ^a   Sun, Geng ^a   Luo, Yan ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Wu, Ning ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Damaged ecosystem; Natural environment; Reconstruction; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954870090     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1145.2010.00301     Document Type: Article

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