Quantifying the impacts of grassland restoration on biodiversity and ecosystem services in China: A meta-analysis

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 542-550

  Ren, Yanjiao ^a,b   Lü, Yihe ^a,b,c   Fu, Bojie ^a,b,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; China; Ecological restoration; Ecosystem services; Grassland; Meta analysis; Spatiotemporal variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; RECOVERY; RESTORATION;

CHINA; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GRASSLAND; META ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; META-ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84978087198     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.06.082     Document Type: Article

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