Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the 'Three North' region of China from 1982 to 2013

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 404-412

  Zhang, Yao ^a,b   Peng, Changhui ^a,c   Li, Weizhong ^a   Tian, Liuxi ^a,d   Zhu, Qiuan ^a   Chen, Huai ^e   Fang, Xiuqin ^f   Zhang, Geli ^b   Liu, Guobin ^a   Mu, Xingmin ^a   Li, Zhanbin ^a   Li, Shiqing ^a   Yang, Yanzheng ^a   Wang, Jie ^b   Xiao, Xiangming ^b,g  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^f HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid regions; Ecological restoration; GIMMS; GIMMS 3g; MODIS; NDVI; Planted forest

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; GIMMS; GIMMS 3G; MODIS; NDVI; PLANTED FOREST;

CONSERVATION;

AFFORESTATION; ARID REGION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODIS; NDVI; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 84951879287     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.09.041     Document Type: Article

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