What is the main cause of grassland degradation? A case study of grassland ecosystem service in the middle-south Inner Mongolia

Catena

Volumn 150, Issue , 2017, Pages 100-107

  Wang, Zhan ^a,b,c   Deng, Xiangzheng ^a,c,d   Song, Wei ^a   Li, Zhihui ^a,c,d   Chen, Jiancheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystem service; Grassland; Human wellbeing; Inner Mongolia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURAL SELECTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84995792960     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.11.014     Document Type: Article

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