Towards a better understanding of landscape patterns and ecosystem processes of the Mongolian Plateau

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1573-1578

  Fang, Jingyun ^a,b   Bai, Yongfei ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84942425450     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0277-2     Document Type: Editorial

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