The construction of grassland degradation index for alpine meadow in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1966-1969

  Wen, L ^a   Dong, S K ^a   Zhu, L ^a   Li, X Y ^a   Shi, J J ^b   Y l wang, ^b   Ma, Y S ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Grassland Degradation Index (GDI); Qinghai Tibetan Plateau (QTP)

Indexed keywords

ALPINE GRASSLAND; ALPINE MEADOW; DEGRADATION DEGREE; DEGRADATION INDEX; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU (QTP);

DEGRADATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 79951792795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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