Assessment of changes in the area of the water conservation forest in the Qilian Mountains of China's Gansu province, and the effects on water conservation

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2441-2448

  Song, Xiang ^a   Yan, Changzhen ^a   Xie, Jiali ^a   Li, Sen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Qilian Mountains; Water conservation; Water conservation forest

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; ECOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; LANDSAT IMAGES; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; RATE OF INCREASE; RUNOFF REGULATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES;

WATER CONSERVATION;

FLOOD CONTROL; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT; OASIS; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84864489457     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1468-z     Document Type: Article

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