Quantifying soil erosion with GIS-based RUSLE under different forest management options in Jianchang Forest Farm

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 160-166

  Zhang, Hengming ^a,b   Wang, Qingli ^a   Dai, Limin ^a   Shao, Guofan ^a,c   Tang, Lina ^a,b   Wang, Shunzhong ^a,b   Gu, Huiyan ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Forest management; Geographic information system; RUSLE; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MANAGEMENT PLANNING; RUSLE;

EROSION;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; SOIL; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 33845743477     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-8117-z     Document Type: Review

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