Potential solar radiation pattern in relation to the monthly distribution of giant pandas in Foping Nature Reserve, China

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 645-652

  Liu, Xuehua ^a   Cheng, Xiangnan ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foping Nature Reserve; Geographical information system (GIS); Giant pandas; Movement distribution; Qinling Mountains; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GIANT PANDA; MOVEMENT DISTRIBUTION; NATURE RESERVES; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SUN;

BEAR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHINA; FOPING NATURE RESERVE; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 78650677641     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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