Quantification of environmental flow requirements to support ecosystem services of oasis areas: A case study in Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5657-5675

  Xue, Jie ^a,b,c,d   Gui, Dongwei ^a,b   Zhao, Ying ^a,e   Lei, Jiaqiang ^a,b   Feng, Xinlong ^f   Zeng, Fanjiang ^a,b   Zhou, Jie ^a,b,c,d   Mao, Donglei ^a,b,c,d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert Grassland Ecosystems   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid areas; Ecosystem services; Environmental flow requirements; Northwest China; Qira oasis

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION; STORMS; VEGETATION;

ARID AREA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; NORTHWEST CHINA; QIRA OASIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84949215398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7105657     Document Type: Article

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