Eco-environmental degradation in the source region of the Yellow River, Northeast Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 122, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 125-143

  Feng, Jianmin ^a,b   Wang, Tao ^b   Xie, Changwei ^b  

^a XIANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Eco environmental degradation; Human activities; Northeast Qinghai Xizang Plateau; Present status; Regional climate change; Source region of the Yellow River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERMAFROST; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

ECO-ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; TEMPORAL-SPATIAL CHANGES;

RIVERS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOW RATE; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750616164     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9169-2     Document Type: Article

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