Assessment of wetland fragmentation in the Tarim River basin, western China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 455-464

  Zhao, Ruifeng ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Zhou, Huarong ^a   Li, Yiqing ^c   Qian, Yibing ^a   Zhang, Lihua ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation index; GIS; Landscape pattern; Tarim River; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; FRAGMENTATION INDEX; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONS; GIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING; LANDSCAPE DIVERSITIES; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TARIM RIVER; TARIM RIVER BASINS; TRANSITION MATRIXES; WETLAND AREAS;

WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; GIS; GPS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 60449084068     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1316-y     Document Type: Article

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