A critical review of socioeconomic and natural factors in ecological degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Rangeland Journal

• Publication date

  2015-03-03

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1071/RJ14094
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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