The impacts of permafrost change on NPP and implications: A case of the source regions of Yangtze and Yellow Rivers

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-447

  Fang, Yiping ^a   Qin, Dahe ^b   Ding, Yongjian ^b   Yang, Jianping ^b   Xu, Keyan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ground temperature (GT); Net primary productivity (NPP); Permafrost; Policy adaptation; The source regions of Yangtze and Yellow Rivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957805097     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-011-1004-3     Document Type: Article

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