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[A new category system of China nature reserves based on their attributes]

Hong Yu1, Xue-Shun Zhang, Xiao-Hui Yang

  • 1Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China. jgsyuhong@sohu.com

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao = the Journal of Applied Ecology
|January 1, 2008
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