Ecological vulnerability assessment in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River Basin

3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Hailin ^a   Lin, Xiaowei ^a   Yu, Guangming ^a   Huang, Xiang ^a   Jing, Gaoliao ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basin scale; Dominant factor; Ecological vulnerability; Indicator system; Spatial differences

Indexed keywords

BASIN SCALE; DOMINANT FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL VULNERABILITY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GIS SOFTWARE; INDICATOR SYSTEM; LANDSAT TM IMAGES; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TECHNICAL SUPPORT;

BIOINFORMATICS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 72749092631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5162677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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