Relation between vegetation changes, climate variables and land-use policy in Shaanxi Province, China

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 89 A, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 223-236

  Ostwald, Madelene ^a,b   Simelton, Elisabeth ^a   Chen, Deliang ^a   Liu, Anlin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Shaanxi Remote Sensing Info Ctr A   (China)

Author keywords

Loess plateau; NDVI; Regional climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NDVI; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

EID: 36749098405     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2007.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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