Land degradation of abandoned croplands in the Xilingol steppe region, Inner Mongolia, China

Grassland Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-64

  Kawada, Kiyokazu ^a   W , W ,yunna ^b   Nakamura, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned cropland; Erosion; Indicator species; Species composition; Yardang

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; STEPPE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XILINGOL;

CLEISTOGENES SQUARROSA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS DAHURICUS; LEYMUS CHINENSIS;

EID: 79951993449     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-697X.2010.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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