Comment on "Why large-scale afforestation eforts in China have failed to solve the desertification problem".

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  • Xunhao Liu
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Environmental Science & Technology is published by the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036 Correspondence/Rebuttal Comment on “Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed To Solve the Desertification Problem” Xiaohui Yang, and Longjun Ci* Environ. Sci. Technol., 2008, 42 (20), 7722-7723• DOI: 10.1021/es8011194 • Publication Date (Web): 19 September 2008 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 24, 2009

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Environmental science & technology

دوره 42 20  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008