Ecosystem health assessment of the Jinghe River Watershed on the Huangtu Plateau

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-136

  Suo, An Ning ^a,b   Xiong, You Cai ^a,c   Wang, Tian Ming ^a   Yue, Dong Xia ^a   Ge, Jian Ping ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Costanza model; Ecosystem health; Health indices; Jinghe River Watershed; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; RIVERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 51749108600     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0167-z     Document Type: Article

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