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5 Central Inner Mongolia
Pages 85-92

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From page 85...
... The Inner Mongolia College, founded in 1952, houses nine departments with 210 professors and associate professors, and a total of 700 faculty members. Scient~sts at the college have carried out grassland surveys, conducted research on the dynamics and stability of the Inner Mongolian grassland ecosystem, and provided advice on the use and development of Inner Mongolian grasslands.
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From page 86...
... In 1962, Professor Xu Linren of the Mongolia College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry described the classification, distribution, and biological, ecological and economic characteristics of 23 major forage species (Xu, 19621. Between 1973 and 1983, the Grassland Research Institute conducted similar investigations in Xilingele League, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, and Guizhou and Hainan provinces (Chen et al., 1985~.
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From page 88...
... They collected data on grassland production and dynamics, animal husbandry, and herding economy over three decades (1950s to 1980s) , established mathematical models, and used these models to predict trends in grassland development up to the year 2000.
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From page 89...
... Dong and Hou (1984) experimented with granulated grass bait as a substitute for cereal bait, and showed that the grass bait was economical, safe for birds and other animals, and effective in controlling several mice species-Microns brandti Radde, Citellus danricus Pallas, Ochotoma curzoniae Hodgson, and Meriones unguiculatus Milne-Edwards.
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From page 91...
... 1988. Woguo redai, yaredai he wendai caoyuan dianxing diqu mucao ziynan kaacha ye ziliao 6ianxie [Investigation of herbage resources and collection of materials on typical regions of the tropical, subtropical and temperate grasslands of China]
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Key Terms

  • chengguo huibian
  • keyan chengguo
  • grassland research
  • forage species
  • animal husbandry

  • mongolia college
  • aboveground biomass
  • chinese academy
  • wild forage
  • forage grasses

  • grass bait
  • inner mongolian
  • caodi ziyuan
  • desert steppe
  • neimenggu caodi

  • grassland production
  • carrying capacities
  • xilingele league
  • degraded grasslands
  • cereal bait

  • grassland ecosystems
  • granulated grass
  • herbage resources
  • shallow plowing
  • mongolian grassland

  • international grassland
  • steppe community
  • agricultural sciences
  • major forage
  • diqu mucao


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