Land-use change and its ecological responses: A pilot study of typical agro-pastoral region in the Heihe River, northwest China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1549-1556

  Du, Ziqiang ^a,b   Shen, Yudan ^c   Wang, Jian ^b   Cheng, Wenshi ^a  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agro pastoral region; Ecological response; Land use change; Landscape pattern

Indexed keywords

AGRO-PASTORAL REGION; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; HEIHE RIVER; LAND COVER; LAND DESERTIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE TYPE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; NORTHWEST CHINA; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PILOT STUDIES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; TRANSITION MATRICES; WATER AREAS;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

LAND USE;

AGROFORESTRY; ARID REGION; DESERTIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GIS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; WOODLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 70449111610     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1656-7     Document Type: Article

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