Destruction of vegetation due to geo-hazards and its environmental impacts in the Wenchuan earthquake areas

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-69

  Cui, Peng ^a   Lin, Yong Ming ^b   Chen, Can ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Geo hazards; Restoration and reconstruction; Vegetation destruction; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOWS; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FLOW CONCENTRATION; GEO-HAZARDS; RESEARCH DATA; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION; SEVERE EROSION; SOIL EROSION; STORAGE CAPACITY; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION DESTRUCTION; VEGETATION RESTORATION; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE ON 12TH MAY , 2008;

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; DEGRADATION; EARTHQUAKES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; HAZARDS; INFILTRATION; LAKES; LANDSLIDES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESTORATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

VEGETATION;

CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; MAGNITUDE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROCK AVALANCHE; RUNOFF; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 84860310402     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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