Climatic causes of ecological and environmental variations in the source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers of China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-121

  Yang, Jianping ^a   Ding, Yongjian ^a   Chen, Rensheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cause; China; Climate change; Eco environment variations; Source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS; VEGETATION;

ALPINE VEGETATION; ECO ENVIRONMENT VARIATIONS; FROZEN GROUND; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESICCATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 34547796457     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0623-4     Document Type: Article

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