Natural and anthropogenic influences on a red-crowned crane habitat in the Yellow River Delta Natural Reserve, 1992-2008

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4013-4028

  Wang, Hong ^a,c   Gao, Jay ^b   Pu, Ruiliang ^c   Ren, Liliang ^a   Kong, Yan ^a   Li, He ^a   Li, Ling ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat change; Habitat fragmentation; Influencing factors; Red crowned crane; Remote sensing; The Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CRANES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OIL WELLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

HABITAT CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INFLUENCING FACTORS; RED-CROWNED CRANES; YELLOW RIVER DELTA NATURE RESERVES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

RAIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE RESERVE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL FLOW; CHINA; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRUS JAPONENSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD LENGTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA NATURE RESERVE;

BALEARICA PAVONINA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RIVERS;

EID: 84902367961     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3676-y     Document Type: Article

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