Depth of edge influence of the agricultural-forest landscape boundary, Southwestern China

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 774-783

  Li, Liguang ^a,b   He, Xingyuan ^a   Li, Xiuzhen ^a   Wen, Qingchun ^a   He, Hong S ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Depth of edge influence; Edge effect; Moving split window techniques; Upper reaches of Minjiang River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BOUNDARY; CONSERVATION; DEPTH; EDGE EFFECT; MEADOW; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPLIT WINDOW;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MIN RIVER [SICHUAN]; SICHUAN;

EID: 36148976408     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0319-y     Document Type: Article

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