Fragmentation effects of oil wells and roads on the Yellow River Delta, North China

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-264

  Bi, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Bin ^b   Lu, Qingshui ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; COASTAL LANDSCAPES; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LENGTH DENSITY; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NATURAL RESERVES; NORTH CHINA; OIL EXPLOITATION; PROTECTED WETLANDS; REGIONAL SCALE; ROAD DEVELOPMENT; SHAPE INDICES; TM IMAGE; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; WETLANDS;

OIL WELLS;

COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE RESERVE; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY; THEMATIC MAPPING;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 78751701212     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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