The effect of environmental factors on spatial variability in land use change in the high-sediment region of China's Loess Plateau

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 802-814

  Luo, Ya ^a,b   Yang, Shengtian ^a   Zhao, Changsen ^a   Liu, Xiaoyan ^c   Liu, Changming ^a,d   Wu, Linna ^a,e   Zhao, Haigen ^a   Zhang, Yichi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dryness wetness; land use change; slope gradient; soil properties; spatial variability; the high sediment region of China's Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904184307     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-014-1121-3     Document Type: Article

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