Spatial-temporal variation of ecosystem services in response to land use changes: Case study in the 38°N ecological transect of Northern China

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 794-802

  Yuan, Yuan ^a,b,c   Liu, Jintong ^a   Liu, Huitao ^a   Tan, Limei ^a   Liu, Hongjuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Center for Agricultural Resources Research   (China)

Author keywords

Coefficient modification; Ecological transect; Ecosystem services value; Land use change; Northern China; Spatial temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; COASTAL PLAIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOREST; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE;

EID: 84862172617     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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