Effects of land use change on landscape pattern of a typical arid watershed in the recent 50 years: A case study on Manas River Watershed in Xinjiang

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4295-4305

  Feng, Yixing ^a,b   Luo, Geping ^a   Zhou, Decheng ^a,b   Han, Qifei ^a,b   Lu, Lei ^a,b   Xu, Wenqiang ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a,b   Yin, Changying ^a,b   Dai, Li ^a,b   Li, Yanzhong ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Change in 50 years; Land use; Landscape pattern; Manas river watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARID REGION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; REMOTE SENSING; TIMESCALE; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; MANAS BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79952730327     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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