Assessment of the effects of shelterbelts on crop yields at the regional scale in Northeast China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 143, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-60

  Zheng, Xiao ^a,b   Zhu, Jiaojun ^a,b   Xing, Zefeng ^c  

^a Liaoning Province   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Level of protection; Maize yield; Remote sensing; Windbreaks

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; INDEX METHOD; LANDSAT; MAIZE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SHELTERBELT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND BREAK;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84951184133     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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