Rehabilitating China's largest inland river

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 531-536

  Li, Yiqing ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Zhang, Yaoqi ^c   Xia, Yang ^d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive water policy; Arid region; River restoration; Tarim River; Water diversion; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; RECHARGE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; RIVER; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHINA; DAXIHAIZI RESERVOIR; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAITEMA LAKE; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

AVES; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 65949090306     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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