Modelling of potential vegetation in Zulihe River watershed of the west-central Loess Plateau

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-61

  Zhao, Chuanyan ^a   Feng, Zhaodong ^b   Nan, Zhongren ^b   Li, Shoubo ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Potential vegetation; Vegetation cover; Zulihe River watershed

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NICHE; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU; ZULI RIVER;

EID: 34250342605     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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