The Ecological Sensitivity Evaluation in Yellow River Delta National Natural Reserve

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1197-1207

  Liang, Chen ^a   Li, Xiaowen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Habitat suitability assessment; Human interference analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RED LIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA NATURE RESERVE;

EID: 84867891828     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201200051     Document Type: Article

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