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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages)
Contents ""Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I OVERVIEW""; ""1 The Grazinglands of Northern China: Ecology, Society, and Land Use""; ""THE NORTHEAST""; ""INNER MONGOLIA""; ""GANSU AND QINGHAI""; ""XINJIANG""; ""POLICY AND LAND USE IN NORTHERN CHINA""; ""HUMAN IMPACT ON THE GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Part II Chinese Literature on Grassland Studies""; ""2 Northern China""; ""GEOLOGY""; ""CLIMATE""; ""VEGETATION""; ""PROBLEMS OF THE NORTHERN CHINA GRASSLANDS""
""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROTECTION AND USE OF NORTH CHINA RANGELANDS""""REFERENCES""; ""3 The Northeast""; ""INTRODUCTION: THE FOREST STEPPE""; ""CLIMATE""; ""HUMAN SETTLEMENT""; ""SOIL CONDITIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY""; ""GRAZING PRACTICES""; ""DESERTIFICATION CONTROL""; ""RESEARCH NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Xilingele""; ""THE XILINGELE GRASSLAND""; ""HUMAN IMPACT""; ""HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH""; ""GRASSLAND RESEARCH""; ""CURRENT PROBLEMS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Central Inner Mongolia""; ""SURVEYS OF GRASSLAND RESOURCES""
""HERBAGE RESOURCES AND FORAGE GRASS BREEDING""""CULTIVATION OF FORAGE GRASSES AND HERBAGE CROPS""; ""GRASSLAND PRODUCTION AND RANGE MANAGEMENT""; ""Grassland Protection""; ""Grassland Machinery""; ""Grassland Farming Systems""; ""DYNAMICS AND ECOLOGICAL STABILITY OF GRASSLAND COMMUNITY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Gansu and Qinghai""; ""SURVEYS, STANDARDS, AND CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES""; ""GRASSLAND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM""; ""RECLAMATION OF SALINIZED LANDS""; ""PRODUCTIVITY AND NUTRIENT CYCLING""; ""PESTS AND PATHOLOGY""; ""MODELING""; ""FORAGE AND FEED""; ""NEW APPROACHES""; ""REFERENCES""
""7 Xinjiang""""VEGETATION AND CLIMATE""; ""GRASSLAND TYPES AND UTILIZATION""; ""LIMITING FACTORS""; ""ELEMENTS OF DISEQUILIBRIUM""; ""PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND USE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Social Sciences""; ""STUDIES UNDERTAKEN BEFORE 1980""; ""STUDIES UNDERTAKEN SINCE 1980""; ""RESEARCH ON GRASSLAND AREAS BY THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY, PEKING UNIVERSITY""; ""GRASSLAND AND LIVESTOCK ECONOMICS""; ""OTHER SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF GRASSLANDS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""1. Pre-1980 Publications""; ""2. Series on Minority Studies Published in the 1980s""; ""3. Publications Since 1980""
""4. Publications of the Institute of Sociology, Peking University""""5. Articles from Nongye jingji [Agricultural Economy]""; ""1987 Collection""; ""1988 Collection""; ""6. Official Statistical and Serial Publications""; ""7. English-Language Publications""; ""PART III Chinese Institutions for Grassland Studies""; ""9 Beijing""; ""INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""; ""BUREAU OF RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""; ""INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES""
Notes ""Commission for integrated survey of natural resources, chinese academy of sciences""
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Subject Rangelands -- China
Grasslands -- China
Range management -- China
Range ecology -- China
Grassland ecology -- China
Rangelands -- Research -- China
Grasslands -- Research -- China
Grassland ecology.
Grasslands.
Grasslands -- Research.
Range ecology.
Range management.
Rangelands.
Rangelands -- Research.
China.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309584333
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