Landscape transformation through the use of ecological and socioeconomic indicators in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China, Mekong Region

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 749-756

  Xu, Jianchu ^a,b   Grumbine, R Edward ^b   Beckschäfer, Philip ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Land use; Mekong Region; Rubber; Xishuangbanna; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MEKONG REGION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RUBBER; RUBBER PLANTATIONS;

ECOLOGY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP PLANT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; RUBBER; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84889085659     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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