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Understanding ecosystem functions in grasslands under climate change for sustainable development of the Inner Mongolian Plateau

Qingzhu Gao A D , Guozheng Hu A , Cunzhu Liang B and Jocelyn Davies C
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A Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Climate Change of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, CAAS, China.

B School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, China.

C The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: gaoqingzhu@caas.cn

The Rangeland Journal 40(2) i-v https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ18007
Submitted: 29 January 2018  Accepted: 22 March 2018   Published: 11 May 2018


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