Impact of road construction on vegetation alongside Qinghai-Xizang highway and railway

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 340-346

  Chen, Hui ^a,c   Li, Shuang Cheng ^b   Zhang, Yi Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fragmentation; Landscape index; Net primary productivity; Qinghai Xizang highway and railway; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 0346640290     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-003-0040-5     Document Type: Article

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