Effects of the "Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program" on the water budget of the Jinghe river catchment in China

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1745-1755

  Qiu, Guo Yu ^a   Yin, Jing ^b   Tian, Fei ^c   Geng, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE LANDS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; FOREST AND GRASSLAND; HUMIDITY INDEX; LOESS PLATEAU; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; RIVER CATCHMENT; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SUBBASINS; VEGETATION DEGRADATION; WATER BUDGET; YELLOW RIVER;

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPLAND; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 81055137703     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0263     Document Type: Article

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