Rangeland Degradation On The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Implications For Rehabilitation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-80

  Li, X L ^a,b   Gao, J ^b   Brierley, G ^b   Qiao, Y M ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Yang, Y W ^a  

^a QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cause analysis; Degradation forms; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Rangeland degradation; Rehabilitation measures

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTIFICIAL SEEDING; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CAUSE ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; LAND DEGRADATION; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; REHABILITATION MEASURES; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE;

SEED;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GRAZING PRESSURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84872658837     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1108     Document Type: Article

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