Landscape change and desertification development in the Mu Us Sandland, Northern China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 429-444

  Wu, Bo ^a   Ci, Long J ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Agro pastoral transitional zone; Desertification; Spatial Unit of Landscape (SUL); The Mu Us Sandland

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHINA; MU US DESERT; NEI MONGOL;

EID: 0036492080     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0847     Document Type: Article

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