Flakes in semiarid Northern China: Drivers and environmental impact

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12107-12114

  Liu, Hongyan ^a   Yin, Yi ^a   Piao, Shilong ^a   Zhao, Fengjun ^a   Engels, Mike ^b   Ciais, Philippe ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER MARSHES; HUMAN INHABITANTS; NORTHERN CHINA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RED-CROWNED CRANES; REDUCTION IN AREA; SEMI-ARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRINKAGE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALTMARSH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE; PRECIPITATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; SOIL; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

CHINA; GOBI DESERT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CHINA; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LAKES; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84887971363     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es305298q     Document Type: Article

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