Recent changes in wetlands on the Tibetan Plateau: A review

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 879-896

  Zhao, Zhilong ^a,d   Zhang, Yili ^a,b   Liu, Linshan ^a   Liu, Fenggui ^c   Zhang, Haifeng ^c  

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

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

research in remote sensing; Tibetan Plateau; wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946161775     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-015-1208-5     Document Type: Review

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