Spatio-temporal evolution of rocky desertification and its driving forces in karst areas of Northwestern Guangxi, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 383-393

  Yang, Qing qing ^a,b,d   Wang, Ke lin ^a   Zhang, Chunhua ^a,c   Yue, Yue min ^a   Tian, Ri chang ^d   Fan, Fei de ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Zhongshan Research Institute of Environmental Protection   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Karst; Landscape pattern; Northwestern Guangxi, China; Redundancy analysis (RDA); Remote sensing; Rocky desertification (RD)

Indexed keywords

GUANGXI; KARST; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS (RDA); ROCKY DESERTIFICATION (RD);

CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

BEDROCK; DESERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GIS; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PATCH SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 80052041396     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0861-3     Document Type: Article

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