Simulation of forestland dynamics in a typical deforestation and afforestation area under climate scenarios

Energies

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 10558-10583

  Jiang, Qun'ou ^a,b,c   Cheng, Yuwei ^a   Jin, Qiutong ^a   Deng, Xiangzheng ^b,c   Qi, Yuanjing ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate scenario; Driving mechanism; Dynamics of forestland; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

ASIA-PACIFIC INTEGRATED MODELS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; DRIVING MECHANISM; FOREST LAND; KEY INFLUENCING FACTORS; SIMULATION; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION MODELING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84946025041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en81010558     Document Type: Article

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