Effectiveness of ecological restoration projects in Horqin Sandy Land, China based on SPOT-VGT NDVI data

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-29

  Zhang, Geli ^a,c   Dong, Jinwei ^b   Xiao, Xiangming ^b   Hu, Zhongmin ^a,c   Sheldon, Sage ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Effectiveness; Horqin Sandy Land; NDVI; SPOT VGT

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EFFECTIVENESS; HORQIN SANDY LAND; NDVI; SPOT-VGT;

DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SAND; SOILS; STORMS; VEGETATION;

LANDFORMS;

DESERT; DUNE; LAND DEGRADATION; NDVI; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPOT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT;

EID: 80355125373     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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