Land use change and soil erosion in the Maotiao River watershed of Guizhou Province

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1138-1152

  Xu, Yueqing ^a   Luo, Ding ^b   Peng, Jian ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Geomatics Center   (China)

^c MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Guizhou Province of China; land use change; land use type; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053474279     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-011-0906-x     Document Type: Article

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