Ecosystem health assessment based on analysis of a land use database

Applied Geography

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-164

  Yu, Guangming ^a   Yu, Qiwu ^a   Hu, Limei ^a   Zhang, Shu ^a   Fu, Tingting ^a   Zhou, Xia ^a   He, Xiaoli ^a   Liu, Yu'an ^a   Wang, Sa ^a   Jia, Huanhuan ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; GIS; Land use database; Pressure state response model; Principal component analysis; Vigor organization resilience model

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HUBEI;

EID: 84883027543     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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