Trends and variation in vegetation greenness related to geographic controls in middle and eastern Inner Mongolia, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-256

  Dong, Jinwei ^a,b,c   Tao, Fulu ^a   Zhang, Geli ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Agro pastoral ecotone; Degradation; Elevation; Geographical controls; Slope; Vegetation dynamic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

AGRO-PASTORAL ECOTONES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; ELEVATION; LANDSAT TM IMAGES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SLOPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION GREENNESS;

VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ECOTONE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; SLOPE; STEPPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 78650974308     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0518-2     Document Type: Article

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