Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern ChinaThis volume describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese scientists attribute the decline in China's grasslands to overgrazing and excessive cultivation of marginal areas and discuss measures to limit the damage. The book gives its view on the Chinese approach to the study of grasslands and the relevance of this activity in China to global scientific concerns. |
Contents
Executive Summary | |
Overview | |
Tables and Figures | |
135 | |
Chinese Literature on Grassland Studies | |
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Part III | |
Northeast 11 | |
Mongolia 12 | |
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Acta Alpine Meadow Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Aneurolepidium chinense animal husbandry animal products artificial grasslands Baiyinxile Beijing biomass caodi kexue yu caoyuan Chen Chifeng China's grasslands Chinese Academy climate CSCPRC degradation desertification dynamics economic forest Gansu Agricultural University GANSU AND QINGHAI Gansu Province GGERI grass grassland areas Grassland Ecology Grassland Ecosystem grassland resources grassland science grazing GRAZINGLANDS OFNORTHERN CHINA Haibei hectares Hexi Corridor Hohhot http://www.nap.edu/catalog/1942.html GANSU http://www.nap.edu/catalog/1942.html THE GRAZINGLANDS increased Inner Mongolia Grassland Inner Mongolia University Jilin Jizhou kexue yu caoye land Lanzhou livestock Loess Plateau million hectares mountains Neimenggu Ningxia overgrazing pastures plant population Pratacultural Science Professor Puccinellia Qinghai Qingyang rangeland remote sensing Ren Jizhou Research on Grassland rodents saline scholars Science of China scientists seasonal seed sheep shengtai Sinica soil steppe Stipa survey temperature typical steppe vegetation Wang winter Xinjiang yanjiu yu caoye fazhan Zhongguo caodi kexue Zhou zone