Assessment of grassland degradation in Guinan county, Qinghai province, China, in the past 30 years

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-68

  Feng, Y ^a   Lu, Q ^a   Tokola, T ^b   Liu, H ^c   Wang, X ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Grassland; Guinan County; People's Republic of China; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CENTRE OF GRAVITY; DOMINANT FACTOR; FRACTAL DIMENSION METHOD; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; GUINAN COUNTY; HIGH DENSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND-USE CHANGE; METHODS OF ANALYSIS; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; NATURAL FORCES; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; QINGHAI PROVINCE; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; SPATIAL CHANGES; SPATIAL MODELS; TIME PERIODS; TRANSITION MATRICES; TRANSITION MATRIX METHOD;

DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUINAN; QINGHAI;

EID: 68649110780     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.877     Document Type: Article

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