Evaluation of ecosystem health for the coastal wetlands at the Yangtze Estuary, Shanghai

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 433-445

  Dai, Xiaoyan ^a   Ma, Junjie ^b   Zhang, Hao ^a   Xu, Wencheng ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Jusheng Network Information Technology Company Limited   (China)

Author keywords

Chongming Dongtan wetlands; Coastal and estuarine wetlands; Ecosystem health; Spatial clustering analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURE RESERVE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND;

CHINA; CHONGMING DONGTAN NATURE RESERVE; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84888436405     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-013-9316-4     Document Type: Article

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