Analysis of landscape fragmentation processes and driving forces in wetlands in arid areas: A case study of the middle reaches of the Heihe River, China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 240-252

  Jiang, Penghui ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a   Li, Manchun ^a   Zhao, Ruifeng ^b   Huang, Qiuhao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Driving forces; Fragmentation; Heihe River; Landscape indices; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS;

DRIVING FORCES; FRAGMENTATION; HEIHE RIVER; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE INDEX; LANDSCAPE PATTERN INDICES; MATHEMATIC MORPHOLOGICAL; MONITORING AND PROTECTIONS;

WETLANDS;

ARID REGION; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 84905582739     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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