Typical alpine wetland system changes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in recent 40 years

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 481-491

  Wang, Genxu ^a,b   Li, Yuanshou ^c   Wang, Yibo ^b   Chen, Lin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine wetland; Dynamic change; Hydro ecological function; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND DEGRADATION; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

VICIA SATIVA;

EID: 34548077801     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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