Major ecosystems in China: Dynamics and challenges for sustainable management

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-27

  Lü, Yihe ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Yu, Xiubo ^b   Sun, Ranhao ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

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

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Ecosystem change; Ecosystem management science; Ecosystem society interaction; Forest; Grassland; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM-SOCIETY INTERACTION; FOREST; GRASSLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSPHERE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE; WETLAND;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 79959375224     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9684-6     Document Type: Article

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