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

Pu Wang A , James P. Lassoie A , Stephen J. Morreale A and Shikui Dong B C
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A Department of Natural Resources, 111 Fernow Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

B School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.

C Corresponding author. Email: dongshikui@sina.com

The Rangeland Journal 37(1) 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ14094
Submitted: 7 July 2014  Accepted: 23 September 2014   Published: 27 January 2015



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