A rare shrub species as flagship for conserving desert steppe in arid Inner Mongolia
The rare species Amygdalus pedunculata Pall.(Rosaceae) in arid northern China is endangered to the point of extinction.Determined to save it, the local government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region encouraged the herdsmen to limit grazing activities.Here, we are testing if this species Scrub Corpo could be considered as a conspicuous flagship for