Assessing the soil erosion control service of ecosystems change in the Loess Plateau of China

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-293

  Fu, Bojie ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Lü, Yihe ^a   He, Chansheng ^b   Zeng, Yuan ^c   Wu, Bingfang ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Loess Plateau; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; USLE

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955158644     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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