Relationships between vegetation and climate on the Loess Plateau in China

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-163

  Zhang, Jin Tun ^a   Ru, Wenming ^b   Li, Bin ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

CCA ordination; GIS; Vegetation formations; Vegetation map; Vegetation climate relationships

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; VEGETATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 33646036706     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02806476     Document Type: Article

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