Effects of road network on vegetation pattern in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, Southwest China

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 591-594

  Liu, Shiliang ^a   Deng, Li ^a   Zhao, Qinghe ^a   DeGloria, Stephen Daniel ^b   Dong, Shikui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape patterns; Roads and vegetation; Vegetation fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ROADS AND STREETS; VEGETATION;

LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; REGIONAL LANDSCAPES; ROAD-EFFECT ZONES; SOUTHWEST CHINA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION PATCHES; VEGETATION PATTERN;

TRANSPORTATION;

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 80052602356     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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