Oasis land-use dynamics and its influence on the oasis environment in Xinjiang, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-26

  Jia, Baoquan ^a,b   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^c   Ci, Longjun ^a   Ren, Yiping ^a   Pan, Borong ^b   Zhang, Zhong ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Desertification; Environmental impact; Land use land cover; Landscape dynamics; Oasis; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; OASIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0346399930     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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