Successful biological methods for combating desertification at degraded areas of China

Combating Desertification in Asia, Africa and the Middle East: Proven practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-71

  Heshmati, G Ali ^a  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerial seeding; Biological methods; China; Desert; Land use; Mining sites; Nursery; Plant species; Plastic mulching; Shelter forest; Transport corridors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907861679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6652-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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