Increasing terrestrial vegetation activity of ecological restoration program in the Beijing-Tianjin Sand Source Region of China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-50

  Wu, Zhitao ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Jinghui ^a   He, Bin ^a   Lei, Tianjie ^a   Wang, Qianfeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing Tianjin Sand Source Region; Drought; Ecological restoration program; NDVI; Vegetation activity

Indexed keywords

CHINESE GOVERNMENT; DRIVING FORCES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX DATUM; NORTHERN CHINA; SAND SOURCE; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION ACTIVITY; VEGETATION CHANGE; VULNERABLE AREA;

ARID REGIONS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; RESTORATION; SAND; STORMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

VEGETATION;

ARID REGION; DESERT; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MODIS; NDVI; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84872369370     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.040     Document Type: Article

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