Ecosystem services evaluation and its spatial characteristics in Central Asia's arid regions: A case study in Altay Prefecture, China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8335-8353

  Fu, Qi ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Yang, Linlin ^a   Wu, Zhilong ^a   Zhang, Xinshi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia's arid regions; Ecosystem services; Mountain basin system; Spatial pattern; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OASIS; OVERGRAZING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALTAY [XINJIANG UYGUR]; CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84938342299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7078335     Document Type: Article

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