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024	7		_a10.1007/978-4-431-54052-6 _2doi
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100	1		_aYamamura, Norio. _eeditor.
245	1	4	_aThe Mongolian Ecosystem Network _h[electronic resource] : _bEnvironmental Issues Under Climate and Social Changes / _cedited by Norio Yamamura, Noboru Fujita, Ai Maekawa.
264		1	_aTokyo : _bSpringer Japan : _bImprint: Springer, _c2013.
300			_aXII, 319 p. 129 illus., 27 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aEcological Research Monographs, _x2191-0707
505	0		_aPreface -- Part I. Ecosystem Network and Mongolian Nomadism -- Part II. Natural Environment and Ecosystem Network -- Part III. Socio-Economic Activity and Ecosystem Network.
520			_aThe aim of this book is to describe what is currently occurring in the Mongolian grasslands, to analyze how various factors creating environmental problems interact, and to suggest solutions for sustainable management of the grasslands. The book has three parts. Part I is an introduction, explaining the key concept of an ecosystem network and providing background information on the general features of Mongolian nomadic pastoralism as well as distribution of vegetation in Mongolian grasslands. Part II describes the effects of natural environmental factors and nomadic activities on grassland conditions. Water dynamics that maintain the grassland system are analyzed in a steppe region with shrubs and in a forest-steppe region with trees. Part III describes the effects of economic and social factors on land-use and the livelihood of herders. As nomadic people moved closer to large cities for economic advantage in the 1990s, degradation of pastures by overgrazing resulted. Finally, the impacts of global warming and globalization on the Mongolian society and ecosystem are examined. This book analyzes environmental problems in Mongolian grasslands, but the contents contribute to consideration of environmental problems and sustainable pasture use in grassland areas worldwide.
650		0	_aLife sciences.
650		0	_aEndangered ecosystems.
650		0	_aEcology.
650		0	_aEnvironmental management.
650		0	_aHuman Geography.
650	1	4	_aLife Sciences.
650	2	4	_aEcosystems.
650	2	4	_aTerrestial Ecology.
650	2	4	_aEnvironmental Management.
650	2	4	_aHuman Geography.
700	1		_aFujita, Noboru. _eeditor.
700	1		_aMaekawa, Ai. _eeditor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9784431540519
830		0	_aEcological Research Monographs, _x2191-0707
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54052-6
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