Changes in rangeland cover associated with livestock grazing in Altun National Nature Reserve, northwest Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-105

  Su, Xukun ^a   Dong, Shikui ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^a   Wu, Yu ^a   Zhao, Haidi ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^b   Weng, Jin ^b   Tang, Lin ^a   Wu, Xiaoyu ^a   Hou, Peng ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Altun National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

alpine ecosystems; biodiversity; land use and cover change; protected species; sparse rangeland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923668278     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ14064     Document Type: Article

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