Modeling vegetation coverage and soil erosion in the Loess Plateau Area of China

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 263-268

  Zhou, Z C ^a   Shangguan, Z P ^a   Zhao, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Loess Plateau of China; Modeling; Soil erosion; Vegetation coverage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AFFORESTATION; MODELING; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVERAGE;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

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

EID: 33747846246     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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