Effect of Degradation Intensity on Grassland Ecosystem Services in the Alpine Region of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wen, Lu ^a   Dong, Shikui ^a   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Shi, Jianjun ^b   Wang, Yanlong ^b   Liu, Demei ^c   Ma, Yushou ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; SOIL QUALITY;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; POACEAE; SOIL;

EID: 84874584100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058432     Document Type: Article

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