The relative role of climate change and human activities in the desertification process in Yulin region of northwest China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7165-7173

  Wang, Tao ^a   Sun, Jian Guo ^a,b   Han, Hui ^b   Yan, Chang Zhen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desertification; Human activities; Relative role .Yulin region; Spatiotemporal relationship between vegetation and climate

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; GRID SCALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NORTHWEST CHINA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIONSHIP MODEL; RELATIVE ROLE .YULIN REGION; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; TIME SECTION;

CLIMATE MODELS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); PRECIPITATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

CHINA; SHAANXI; YULIN;

EID: 84871719367     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2488-6     Document Type: Article

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