Forest ecosystem restoration due to a national conservation plan in China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1387-1397

  Yu, D Y ^a   Shi, P J ^a   Han, G Y ^a   Zhu, W Q ^a   Du, S Q ^a   Xun, B ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Land use Land cover; Landscape pattern; Natural forest protection project; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST LANDSCAPE; FOREST STRUCTURE; FOREST ZONES; FORESTRY INDUSTRY; GEOLOGICAL DISASTER; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HUMAN IMPACT; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; LOCAL POPULATIONS; NATURAL FORESTS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; NORTHEAST CHINA; PRODUCTIVITY MODEL; REGIONAL FORESTS; SOIL EROSION; STUDY AREAS; TM IMAGE;

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSERVATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATIONAL PLANNING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 79959919147     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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