Distinguishing between human-induced and climate-driven vegetation changes: A critical application of RESTREND in inner Mongolia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 969-982

  Li, Ang ^a,b   Wu, Jianguo ^c,d   Huang, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid landscape dynamics; Grassland vegetation; Inner Mongolia; Land use and land cover change; Land use policy; NDVI residuals trend (RESTREND) analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POLICY MAKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XILINGOL;

EID: 84864272023     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9751-2     Document Type: Article

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