Challenges in disentangling the influence of climatic and socio-economic factors on alpine grassland ecosystems in the source area of Asian major rivers

Quaternary International

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-132

  Gao, Qing zhu ^a,b   Ganjurjav, ^a,b   Li, Yue ^a,b   Wan, Yun fan ^a,b   Zhang, Wei na ^a,b   Borjigdai, Almaz ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NDVI; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84880636398     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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