Land use change in Asia and the ecological consequences

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 890-896

  Zhao, Shuqing ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a,b   Jiang, Hong ^c,d   Tian, Dalun ^e   Lei, Xiangdong ^a,f   Zhou, Xiaolu ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^g CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Deforestation; Freshwater habitats degradation; Sustainable land use; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE SPREAD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33751024432     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0048-2     Document Type: Article

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