Temporal-spatial variability of desertification in an agro-pastoral transitional zone of northern Shaanxi Province, China

Catena

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-45

  Qi, Yanbing ^a   Chang, Qingrui ^a   Jia, Keli ^a,b   Liu, Mengyun ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Chen, Tao ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agro pastoral transitional zone; Desertification; Spatio temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE PLANNING; NATURAL HAZARD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 80053533283     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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