Validating the demarcation of eco-geographical regions: A geostatistical application

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1327-1336

  Gao, Jiangbo ^a   Li, Shuangcheng ^a   Zhao, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary validation; Eco geographical regions; Geostatistics; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Regional validation; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BOUNDARY VALIDATION; GEO-STATISTICS; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; REGIONAL VALIDATION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NDVI; POLICY MAKING; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77955151264     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0120-7     Document Type: Article

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