This 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.
National Research Council. 1992. Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1942.
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Front Matter | i-xvi | |
Introduction | 1-6 | |
Part I Overview | 7-8 | |
1 The Grazinglands of Northern China: Ecology, Society, and Land Use | 9-36 | |
Part II Chinese Literature on Grassland Studies | 37-38 | |
2 Northern China | 39-54 | |
3 The Northeast | 55-66 | |
4 Xilingele | 67-84 | |
5 Central Inner Mongolia | 85-92 | |
6 Gansu and Qinghai | 93-108 | |
7 Xinjiang | 109-120 | |
8 Social Sciences | 121-132 | |
Part III Chinese Institutions for Grassland Studies | 133-134 | |
9 Beijing | 135-142 | |
10 The Northeast | 143-148 | |
11 Inner Mongolia | 149-162 | |
12 Gansu and Qinghai | 163-174 | |
13 Xinjiang | 175-180 | |
Part IV Summary and Analysis | 181-182 | |
14 Key Issues in Grassland Studies | 183-198 | |
Index | 199-214 |
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