Influence of hydrology process on wetland landscape pattern: A case study in the Yellow River Delta

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1719-1726

  Li, Sheng nan ^a,c   Wang, Gen xu ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Hu, Yuan man ^b   Hu, Wei Wei ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dominant factor; Regression analysis and principal component analysis; Water and sediment discharge; Wetland landscape area; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DOMINANT FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTUARINE WETLANDS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; LANDSAT TM IMAGES; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; OPTIMAL RANGES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECIPITATION LEVEL; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION; TIDAL WETLANDS; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; METAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DELTA; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 70449535622     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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