Impact of grain for green project on landscape pattern in hilly loess region in Southern Ningxia: Landscape evolution process assessment of Zhong-zhuang-cun small watershed in 1993-2005

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-154

  Zhu, Zhanqiang ^a,b   Liu, Liming ^a   Zhang, Junlian ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain for green project; Landscape evolution; Landscape metrics; Loess hilly region; Small watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOESS; PATCH SIZE; WATERSHED;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 77949682707     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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