Assessing forest ecosystem health I. Model, method, and index system

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1743-1749

  Chen, Gao ^a   Dai, Limin ^a   Ji, Lanzhu ^a   Deng, Hongbing ^b   Hao, Zhanqing ^a   Wang, Qingli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ecosystem health; Health distance; Index system; Mode ecosystem set

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INDEX METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PINE; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 10644297125     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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