Factors associated with farmland area changes in arid regions: A case study of the Shiyang River basin, northwestern China

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Li, Xiaoyu ^a,b   Xiao, Duning ^a,b   He, Xingyuan ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Song, Dongmei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARID REGION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LIANGZHOU; MINQIN; SHIYANG BASIN;

EID: 34247112794     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[139:FAWFAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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