Integrated evaluation of ecological security at different scales using remote sensing: A case study of Zhongxian county, the three Gorges area, China

Pedosphere

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 456-464

  Zuo, Wei ^a,b   Zhou, Hui Zhen ^b   Zhu, Xiao Hua ^c   Wang, Qiao ^d   Wang, Wen Jie ^d   Wu, Xiu Qin ^e  

^a SinoMaps Press   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^d China National Chemical Information Center   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological security; Integrated evaluation; Models; Remote sensing; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 22744440236     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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