• Resources Science
  • Vol. 42, Issue 1, 87 (2020)
Lei YANG1,1,2,2, Qingyu FENG1,1, and Liding CHEN1,1,2,2,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS, Beijing 100085, China
  • 1中国科学院生态环境研究中心城市与区域生态国家重点实验室,北京100085
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 2中国科学院大学,北京100049
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    Lei YANG, Qingyu FENG, Liding CHEN. Ecosystem services of soil and water conservation measures on the Loess Plateau[J]. Resources Science, 2020, 42(1): 87 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Lei YANG, Qingyu FENG, Liding CHEN. Ecosystem services of soil and water conservation measures on the Loess Plateau[J]. Resources Science, 2020, 42(1): 87
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