Methodology for assessment of desertification based on vegetation degradation using net primary productivity (NPP) as a key indicator

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Tsunekawa, A ^a   Ito, T Y ^a   Shinoda, M ^b   Nemoto, M ^b   Suhama, T ^c   Ju, H ^d   Shimizu, H ^e  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desertification hotspots; Drylands; Land degradation; Net primary productivity (NPP); Vegetation degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544475199     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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