Implication and limitation of landscape metrics in delineating relationship between landscape pattern and soil erosion

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 267-275

  Liu, Yu ^a   Lü, Yihe ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Landscape metrics; Landscape pattern; Limitation; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952686687     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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