Drought offset ecological restoration program-induced increase in vegetation activity in the Beijing-Tianjin sand source region, China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 12108-12117

  Wu, Zhitao ^a,b   Wu, Jianjun ^a   He, Bin ^a   Liu, Jinghui ^c   Wang, Qianfeng ^a   Zhang, Hong ^b   Liu, Yong ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DROUGHT STRESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NDVI; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SUMMER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WIND EROSION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; TIANJIN;

CHINA; DROUGHTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; PLANTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84908122773     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502408n     Document Type: Article

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