Landscape analysis of dynamic soil erosion in Subtropical China: A case study in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-321

  Wang, K ^a,b   Wang, H J ^a   Shi, X Z ^a   Weindorf, D C ^c   Yu, D S ^a   Liang, Y ^a   Shi, D M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FRAGSTATS; Landscape indices; Landscape pattern; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ARC/INFO; CLASS LEVEL; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ERODED LANDS; ERODED SOILS; EROSION CONTROL; FRAGSTATS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; GIS SOFTWARE; JIANGXI PROVINCE; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE INDEX; LANDSCAPE LEVEL; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; LANDSCAPE PATTERN ANALYSIS; NATIONAL LEVEL; PATCH INDICES; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SPATIAL STATISTICS; SUBTROPICAL CHINA; SURFACE AREA;

EROSION; FORESTRY;

SOILS;

EID: 79960814375     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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