Case study 3: Xilingol grassland, Inner Mongolia

Rangeland Degradation and Recovery in China's Pastoral Lands

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 120-135

  Huang, Jianhui ^a   Bai, Yongfei ^a   Jiang, Ye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Carrying capacity; Climate change; Drought index; Indigenous knowledge; Land use change; Nomadic culture; Overgrazing; Sedentarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864222730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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