Complexity of ecological restoration in China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-78

  Ma, Hua ^a   Lv, Yuan ^a   Li, Hongxun ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complexity; Ecological restoration; Land degradation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NATURAL FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

CONSERVATION; RESTORATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECOLOGY;

COMPLEXITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84872652154     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.093     Document Type: Article

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