The grain for green project induced land cover change in the Loess Plateau: A case study with Ansai County, Shanxi Province, China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-94

  Zhou, Decheng ^a   Zhao, Shuqing ^a   Zhu, Chao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ansai County; Grain for Green Project (GGP); Land cover change; Landscape characteristics; Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

ANSAI COUNTY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE INDICATORS; LOESS PLATEAU; MEAN PATCH SIZES; MULTI-TEMPORAL; SHORT PERIODS; SOIL EROSION; STUDY AREAS; VEGETATION CONDITION;

ECOLOGY; EROSION; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

LANDFORMS;

AFFORESTATION; BIOINDICATOR; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; GREENSPACE; LAND COVER; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PATCH SIZE; PLATEAU; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; ECOLOGY; EROSION; FORESTATION; LAND USE; PLANTS; SOIL;

ANSAI; CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

EID: 84859403214     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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