Spatial pattern of Populus euphratica forest change as affected by water conveyance in the lower Tarim River

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-152

  Peng, Shuhong ^a,b,c   Chen, Xi ^a,c   Qian, Jing ^a,c   Liu, Shuguang ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Shenzhen University Town   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Populus euphratica forest; Remote sensing; Spatial pattern; Temporal trajectory analysis; Water conveyance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894426433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5010134     Document Type: Article

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