Ecological footprint analysis of a semi-arid grassland region facilitates assessment of its ecological carrying capacity: A case study of Xilinguole League

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5096-5104

  Yang, Yan ^a   Niu, Jianming ^a,b   Zhang, Qing ^a   Zhang, Yannan ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sino US Center for Conservation   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological carrying capacity; Ecological footprint; Grassland; Sustainable development; Xilinguole League

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; GRASSLAND; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LIVING RESOURCE; MINING; OVERGRAZING; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XILINGOL;

EID: 80053896465     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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