Spatio-temporal variability in rangeland conditions associated with climate change in the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over the past 15 years

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-75

  Liu, S L ^a   Zhao, H D ^a   Su, X K ^a   Deng, L ^a   Dong, S K ^a   Zhang, X ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nature Reserve Administration of Altun National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; Normalised Difference Vegetation Index; rangeland; spatial pattern; vegetation change

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84923648472     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ14068     Document Type: Article

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