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From page 199...
... , 128, 131 Agriculture limits on spread of, 185 overview of, 27 population growth and expansion of, 32 reform era in, 28-29, 32 199 Agroclimatic suitability analysis, 100 Agroforestry, 52 Agropyron, 79 Agropyroncristatum, 52,63, 97, 100, 102, 113 Agropyron michnoi, 17, 69 Al Nanshan, 100 Alashan Plateau, 17, 21, 39 characteristics of, 46 climate of, 40 sociological sunrey of, 126 Alfalfa, 52, 63, 102 Alhagi sparfifolia' 46, 113 Alkalinization, 19, 61 Allactaga sibirica, 78 Alpine meadow characteristics of, 46, 94 example of ecosystem in, 23-24 inXinjiang, 111, 113 Altai Mountains, 24, 26, 39, 109, 111 Altun Mountains, 21 Andre, J.-C., 185 Andrews, Roy, 73, 193 Aneurolepidium, 15, 155 Anc? ~rolepidium chinense, 17, 42, 52, 55, 69, 70, 75-77, 79, 87, 144, 157 Aneurolepidium dasystachys, 113
From page 200...
... , 95 "Applying Remote Sensing in the Survey of Inner Mongolia Grassland Resources," 77 Argali sheep f Ovis ammos) , 193 Aridisols, 11 Artemisia, 18, 43, 47, 157 Artemisia fidgida, 18, 69, 70, 75, 100, 113 Artificial fodder, 118-119 Artificial grasslands creation of, 50 forage plant selection for, 51-52 income derived from, 51 studies in, 77, 87 Asiatic ibex ~ Cap ra ilc~c3, 193 Astragalus adsurgens, 52, 62, 63, 102, 103 Astragalus ricer L., 102 Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
From page 201...
... background information regarding, 5 Grassland Research Institute, 85-87, 89, 149-153 Institute of Animal Science, 6, 141142 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) background information regarding, 5 Bureau of International Cooperation, 3 jurisdiction of, 5 research institutes of, 5.
From page 202...
... E., 189 INDEX Du Guozheng, 101 Du Jizeng, 170 Du Zhanchi, 76 Duan Shunshan, 103 Duan Shuying, 161 Dunzhiyan, 23 E Ecodistricts, 77 Ecological engineering, 50-51 Ecolog~cal Modeling, 101 Ecological regions, 7~77 Economic policy applied to grassland issues, 122- 123 land use and, 27, 28 Ecoregion, 77 Ecosystem modeling in Gansu and Qinghai, 100-101 introduction of concept of, xv use of, 80 Ecosystem science approaches tO, 2, 195-197 concept of, xv Ecosystems. See Grassland ecosystems Ellis, James, 3, 6s, 192 Elymus nutans, 101 Elymus siloincus, 52, 87 Energy flows, in grassland ecosystem, 88, 95 Entisols, 11 Ephedra, 18 Ephemeral desert, 47 Equus hemionus, 193 Erysiphefolygoni, 100 Ethnic groups, 27-30, 125.
From page 203...
... , 17, 42 Gansu, xiii, 3, 9 characteristics of, 20-24 forage and feed in, 101-103 Grassland Agricultural System in, 95 97 grazing animals in, 34, 35 map of, 42 pests and pathology in, 99-100 productivity and nutrient cycling in, 98-99 reclamation of salinized lands in, 97 98 scientific research in, 73, 103 sociological surveys in, 125 soil of, 11 surveys, standards, and classification schemes in, 93-95 use of modeling in, 100- 101 Gansu Agricultural University, 6 Department of Grassland Science, 163-164 Gansu Grassland Ecological Research Institute (GGERI) , 6, 93, 95-97, 101 description of, 166-169, 196 Gansu Institute of Social Sciences, 96 Gao Chongyue, 96 Gao U
From page 204...
... ... role or, V1, X111 Grassland Study Review Panel comments on atmosphere-biosphere interactions, 185 INDEX on conservation of wildlife, 193-196 on desertification and degradation, 188-189 on management of common pool resources, 190-191 on organization and conduct of science, 195-197 on pastoral frontier, 183-185 on rational rangeland management, 191-193 on social dimensions of grassland studies, 186-188 Grassland Systems Engineering Society, 141 Grasslands.
From page 205...
... , 18, 177 Hui, 23, 27 in Linxia, 127 in Menyuan Horse Farm, 171 Human behavior grassland ecosystem and, 31-35 grassland research and, 195 impact on grasslands of Xilingele, 7072 Ih Nur Pilot Demonstration Area, 63 Ili Basin, 47 Industrial development, 124 Inner Mongolia, xiii, 3, 9 agricultural reform in, 29 animal husbandry in, 18-20, 34, 35, 70-72 characteristics of, 11, 17-20, 49, 55, 191 classification of grasslands in, 17-18, 74 climate of, 11, 41 cultivation of forage grasses and herbage crops in, 87-88 dynamics and stability of grasslands in, 90 grassland production and range management in, 88-90
From page 206...
... , 5 International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) , 137 Interseeding, 87 Iris, 113 J Jagchid, Sechin, 184 Jia Fengsheng, 88 Jiang Fengqi, 56-57 Jiang Runxiao, 100 Jiang Shu, 72, 79, 80 Jiang Su, 47~9 Jiang Youquan, 52, 86, 150 Jiao Bin, 50 Jilin,9,15, 16, 136 Jingrai County, 100, 168 Jingtai Grassland Agricultural Experimental Station, 97, 167 Jirem grassland, 60 Junggar Basin, 39, 109 characteristics of, 24, 26, 46, 177 climate of, 41, 111 Junggar Desert, 47 K Kalidium, 47 Kerelinia cespica, 46 Kazakhs, 26, 27 herding practices of, 177 pastoral nomadism of, 186 Khazanov, Anatoly, 184 Kirghiz, 26 Kobresia, 23, 46, 113, 171 Kobresia meadow, 98 Kochia prostreta, 52, 118 Koko Khota, 184 Kong Zhaochen, 161 Kong Zhaofang, 99 Kou Zhenwu, 145, 146 Kunlun Mountains, 24, 39, 46, 109, 113
From page 207...
... , 5~, 16~166 Lanzhou University, 6 Department of Biology, Ecology Research Laboratory, 169 Lattimore, Owen, 184 Leach, Beryl, vii, 3, 138 Lepz~s caper~sis, 78 Lespedeza, 63 Leucopoaolgae, 113 Li Bo, 17, 39, 69-80, 86, 149, 150, 155, 156 Li Dexin, 90, 154 Li Hongchang, 139 Li Jiandong, 58, 136, 144 Li Jianhua, 93 Li Jichang, 99, 103 LiQi, 102 Li Shaoliang, 76 Li Shugang, 176 Li Tianjie, 58, 59 Li Yang, 100 Li Yonghong, 72 Li Yuchen, 62, 63 Li Yutang, vi, 33, 95, 140, 141, 156 Li Zizhen, 101 Liang Jierong, 99 Liao Guofan, 140 Liao Yangnan, 79, 155 Liaoning, 9, 15, 16 Lin Xiaoquan, 150 Linxia, 125-127 Linze County, 100, 168 Linze Sandland Utilization Experiment Station, 165 Liu Defu, 85, 86, 153, 154 Liu Fangzheng, 178 207 Liu Jike, 99, 100-101 Liu Qi, 49, 52, 71, 72 Liu Rongtang, 99 Liu Ruo, 100 Liu Shusen, 139 Liu Xianzhi, 57, 60-61 LiuYongjian, 155 Liu Zhongling, 17, 74, 77, 79, 155, 156 Liupanshan Mountains, 39 Livestock. See also Animal husbandry; ~raz~ng pract~ces distribution of, 19-20, 34, 35 increases in, 32, 34, 35, 49 rotation of, 63-64, 89-90, 117-118 statistics regarding, 187 transformation of ownership of, 28 wildlife coexisting with, 194 Livestock productivity.
From page 208...
... Biologi cal Reserve, 69, 176 Manitoba, steppe of, 57 Mao Tse-tung, 31 Mao Yulin, 98 Mapping advances in, 19~197 significance of, 74 Mazong Mountains, 21 Meadow alpine, 23-24, 46, 94, 111, 113 artificial, 51-52 characteristics of, 43, 46 floodplain, 46 forest, 43 Kobresia, 98 lowland, 46 subalpine, 46 Meadow steppe ( Cacdian caoyua~) , 17, 42 Medicago falcata, 87, 101 Medicago media, 101 Medicago ruthenica, 150 Medicago sativa, 87, 100, 101 Medicago sativa-falcate, 87 Meliloms, 52 Meliloms o~icizzalis, 100, 102 Meng Xianzheng, 98 Menyuan Horse Farm, 23-24, 171 Menynan Hui Autonomous County, 23-24, 170-171 Meriones ung:uiculatus, 78, 89, 99 Messerschmidt, D
From page 209...
... , 155-156 Nematoda, 79 Nie Hualin, 101 Ningxia, xiii, 9 grazing animals in, 34, 35 map of, 42 topography of, 21, 23 Nomadism explanation of, 27 impact of technology on, 184 pastoral, 185-187 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) , 185 North China Plain, 15 North Dakota, 57 Northeast Normal University, 6 Institute of Grassland Science, 143144 Northwest College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, 163 Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, 6, 170 Nutrient cycling studies, 98-99 o Ochotona curzoniee, 99, 101 Ochotona daurica, 78, 89 Onolorychis saliva, 101 Ordos Plateau, 9, 17, 21,23, 39, 43 Ostrom, E., 190 Overgrazing.
From page 210...
... 2ellia, 97-98, 168 Puccinellia chinampoensis, 97 Puccinellia tezzuiflora, 52 Q Qaidam Basin, 39, 46 Qi Qiuhui, 76 Qian Xuesen, 51, 141 Qilian Mountains, 21, 39 Qinghai, xiii, 3, 9, 41 characteristics of, 20-23, 49 forage and feed in, 101-103 Grassland Agricultural System in, 95-97 grazing animals in, 34, 35 pests and pathology in, 99-100 productivity and nutrient cycling in, 98-99 reclination of Minim lands in, 97-98 surveys, standards, and classification schemes in, 93-95 use of modeling in, 100-101 wildlife in, 193 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 93, 170 Qingyang Loess Plateau Experimental Station (QLPES) , 95-96, 167 R Rangeland Law (1985)
From page 211...
... R., 188 Stemphylium 60tryosum, 100 Step development theory, 123 Steppe brush, 43 characteristics of, 42-45 climate of, 56-57 desert, 43, 90 forest, 55-58, 63, 64 interseeding of degraded, 87 meadow, 17, 42 montane, 113 types of, 17- 18, 42-43 typical, 17, 42-43 in Xin jiang, 113 Stipa, 113 Stipa 6aicalensis, 17, 42, 70 Stipa 6reviflora, 18, 90, 100 Stipa 6ungeana, 17-18 Stipagrandis, 15, 17, 69, 70, 75, 76, 79, 157 Stipa klemenzii, 90 Stipa krylovii, 17, 67, 70 Stipa purpurea, 43, 113 Stipa subsessilifilora, 113 Strobilaceum, 47 "Studies of Socioeconomic Development in the Chinese Frontier Areas" (Institute of Sociology, Peking University) , 124- 126 Su Jiakai, 52, 141 Suacda microphylla, 47 Subalpine meadow, 46 Subecoregion, 77 Succulent halophyric bush desere, 47 Suffrurescent halophytic bush desert, 46 Sun Honglie, vi, 138, 139 Sun Shu, 137 Survey of Inner Mongolia Grassland Resources Using Remote Sensing (Inner Mongolia Grassland Resources Remore Sensing Expedition)
From page 212...
... See also Forage plants; individual areas, specific plants in northern China, 42-47 population density and, 19 productivity studies of, 75-76 regional distribution of, 11-14 in Xilingele, 74-75 viciasativa, 100, 102 Vulpes corsac, 78 Vulpes bulges, 78 W Wade, N., 189 Waldron, Arthur, vi, 184 Wan Changgui, vi, 93, 98 Wang Chopin, 154 Wang Dong, 86 Wang Gang, 101 Wang Hongzhen, 11 Wang Huizhu, 98, 99 Wang Pei, 52 Wang Qiji, 98 Wang Yanhua, 77 Wang Yifeng, 17, 74, 76 Wang Yimou, 55, 58, 64-65 Wang Yiqiu, 127 Wang Zhigang, vi, 85 Wang Zuwang, 98, 170 Water improvements in supply of, 1 18 lack of surface, 1 16, 1 17
From page 213...
... , 193 Wildlife, 193-194 Wind, in northern China, 41 World Bank, 151-153, 179 Wu Fengshan, 86 Wu Jianguo, vi, 55 WuNi, 153 Wu Qingnian, 97-98 Wu Renrun, 102 Wu-yun-gao-wa, 87 Wulanaodu, 19, 61 Wulanaodu Grassland Ecosystem Research Station, 61, 62, 146-147 Wulanchabu Plateau, 87, 89-90 Wulsin, R., 73 Wuwei Herbage Experimental Station, 164 X Xi Libu, 154 Xia Wuping, 98 Xia Xuncheng, 175 Xiaoxinganling Mountains, 15 Xiazni, 96 Xilin River Basin agriculture in, 70-71 composition of, 69-70, 74, 86 research conducted in, 67, 69, 75-76, 78 Xilingele. See also Inner Mongolia characteristics of, 18-20, 68-70 future opportunities for, 80 human impact on, 70-72 research conducted in, 72-80 research problems regarding, 80 213 Xilingele Station.
From page 214...
... M., 11 Zhang Zhixue, 102 Zhang Zihe, 167 Zhang Zutong, 90, 154-155 Zhangye Saline Soil Grassland and Animal Production Experimental Station, 167 Zhao Jianping, 138 INDEX Zhao Lili, 85 Zhao-na-sheng, 88 Zhao Shanmin, 145 Zhao Shidong, vi, 58 Zhao Songling, 103 Zhao Xianying, 55 Zhao Xinquan, 98 Zheng Huiying, 136 Zheng Rongliang, 169 Zhi Zhongsheng, 153 Zhong Hao, 99 Zhong Wenqin, 52, 78, 139 Zhong Yankai, 75, 155 Zhou Qingqiang, 52, 78, 139 Zhou Wenyang, 52, 173 Zhou Xingmin, 93, 98, 170, 172 Zhu Tingcheng, 51, 61, 143 Zhu Xingyun, 97, 98, 168 Zhu Zhenda, 164, 165 Zokor, 24, 99 Zou Zouying, 98


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