Footprint of Research in Desertification Management in China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 450-457

  Miao, Lijuan ^a   Moore, John C ^a   Zeng, Fanjiang ^b   Lei, Jiaqiang ^b   Ding, Jianli ^c   He, Bin ^a   Cui, Xuefeng ^a,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Desertification; Human activity; Scientific management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

CHINA; DESERTIFICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LARGE-SCALE PLANTATIONS; SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS; XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION;

STORMS;

AFFORESTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; OVERGRAZING; POLICY APPROACH; REFORESTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CHINA; DESERTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84935082703     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2399     Document Type: Article

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