Analysis of vegetation change associated with human disturbance using MODIS data on the rangelands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-87

  Zhao, Haidi ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^a   Dong, Shikui ^a   Su, Xukun ^a   Wang, Xuexia ^a   Wu, Xiaoyu ^a   Wu, Lei ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

human disturbance; linear regression analysis; NDVI; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; rangeland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923655510     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ14061     Document Type: Article

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